"Yeah," Lea agreed. "That dubious honor probably goes to Xigbar, if we can really say that anyone was Xemnas' second, given that he planned to screw us all over." Xigbar, at least had been aware of Xemnas plan seemingly from the start. Who knew what he'd hoped to get out of it?

The comment about being branded twice caught him by surprise though. "You mean the scar was a separate thing that happened?", he asked. "Far as I can remember, you had it from the first time I saw you as Siax, so I just figured it happened somehow when you lost your heart." He thought back, trying to recall their early days with the Organization and if Siax had always sported that scar. "But then, things were pretty crazy then. Not sure I could miss something that obvious, but then I'm me, so..."