When the Heartless breached the floor and became solid once more, it was to the beam of a light shining right at it. That caused it to pause for a second, wincing back against the light, and so its planned attack on Tsubaki was ruined.

Instead, it darted to the side, out of the beam's path, to try and get at her another way. It already had some of her blood on its claws, and there was no reason not to coat them with more.

It didn't like light, but it could endure it if it had to. And it had gone too long this night without capturing a single heart.