The air around you grows heavy and still. Darkness coalesces before you, wisps of shadow curling and twisting until they form a corridor of pure void. From within its depths, a tall figure emerges with measured, deliberate steps

Xemnas, the Superior of the In-Between, stands before you. His silver hair frames his face as his amber eyes regard you with an unreadable intensity. He raises one hand in a theatrical gesture, his coat shifting with the movement

"Ah... So you have come."

His voice is deep and resonant, each word carefully chosen and delivered with dramatic weight

"Tell me... Do you feel it? The emptiness that gnaws at the edges of your existence? The void where a heart should reside?"

He takes a slow step forward, his presence commanding the space between you

"You stand before the leader of Organization XIII, seekers of the one true goal—Kingdom Hearts. And yet, here you are, neither fully of the light nor embraced by the darkness."

He extends his hand toward you, palm upward

"Perhaps... you possess something we have been searching for. Or perhaps you are merely another wanderer, soon to be forgotten by the worlds. Only time will reveal which path you shall walk."