Carolyn
"Suzuka, are you around?"

Laxzaea would arrive back in the Memory Pod room with their hands behind their back, looking at the pods and some of the Replicas being worked on and made. 

"And it looks like Amyrx is out... That is a surprise."
Dustin
*Suzuka was in the spot she normally was, in a seat across from the pod that held the replica. The girl continued to look at the slumbering ikazuchi replica as she replied.*

"Laxzaea... Hello."
Carolyn
"Ah, so you are around, hello Suzuka. I have a question for you and I want you to answer honestly. I have no intention of sharing this with the others, so speak as freely as you desire." 

Laxzaea would say and look over at the sleeping Ikazuchi alongside Suzuka. 

"Why do you treat this puppet like you do? It seems pointless to me to fuss over something so replaceable. Is it merely just to occupy time?"
Dustin
*For once, Suzuka looked away from the Ikazuchi replica and faced someone who was speaking to her.*

"Everyone here treats these replicas like they are just broken dolls waiting to serve their purpose... It isn't fair to them. Their hearts may be fabricated, but the memories from which they were created aren't. Don't you think having a heart, regardless of its origin, is worth being treated like you are real? I mean... None of us have hearts yet we all speak to one another like we are all human."
Carolyn
"Is that so...?" 

Laxzaea would say and cross his arms, thinking about what she said. 

"Well, we do speak to one another as human. But we aren't as replaceable as these dol... Well Replicas. If you or I were to be killed, that's the end. But these Replicas exist in droves, like the Dusks." 

His gaze then went from her back to the sleeping Ikazuchi. 

"But you may have a point. It is easier to catch flies with honey than vinegar. But if I were treated like a broken doll... What *Would* I do..." 

He then trailed off into thought with a small laugh. 

"Maybe we're creating beings more real than us if that is the case."
Dustin
"Being treated like a doll would make you want to just go to sleep forever and act like one, no...?"

*She said, very obviously referencing the fact that the Ikazuchi replica hasn't woken up yet.*

"I think, in the end, we all deserve to be real.. To be whole again."

*She got up and placed a hand on the glass of the memory pod.*

"Ikazuchi's memories were damaged several times over, and when Nameless had the chance to piece them all together, he would rather shun them and throw them all away... I think that these memories of Ikazuchi's full life deserve to live on in *Someone.*"
Carolyn
"That would be rational enough... If enough people told me I was a doll, maybe I would believe it myself... With how impressionable these dol... Er, Replicas are designed to be." 

Laxzaea then gave a small nod before laughing softly again. 

"Well, Suzuka... Consider my interest piqued. Alert me when this Ikazuchi awakens... I want to see if this treatment will awaken him and how he'll develop." 

He then looked up at the sleeping Ikazuchi once more. 

"But that raises another question. What if Ikazuchi awakens and decides that Nameless must die? If I saw someone with my features running about while I was disposed of would drive me to get rid of them. Would you still stand your current words with no safeguards?"
Dustin
"To have free will is one thing, however, nameless is stronger. This is also only a replication of Ikazuchi. This heart has no keyblade. Amyrx hasn't been able to recreate them for the replicas yet."

*Her hand clenched into a fist while still on the memory pod. It hurt her to admit it, but Laxzaea was right. From studying all of his memories, Ikazuchi is truly one to challenge a foe that is a lookalike.*

"But it won't happen. There are fail safes in his heart. If something triggers him in such a way, he will go back to sleep."

*She lowered her hand down from the glass.*

"He will also say or do anything I tell him to..."