"Link," the Once-ler repeated. "He was with Sora in the x-ray room, wasn't he? Three nights ago." The reality hit him. Had it only been three days? So much had happened, it felt like more time had passed. "As far as I know, Scar's the only one who has been... killed."

He frowned at the floor. "I had only just met him," the Once-ler murmured to himself. Scar hadn't been friendly, but the Once-ler didn't want him dead. It was all too soon.

He looked back up at Soma. "You're probably right about the room thing. But where would we go? The library again?" He shuddered. "I don't want to face that thing again." Now that his panicking had mostly subsided, he was noticing more things around. "Is that a military uniform of some sort?"