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[Axel's up surprisingly early today, probably because be couldn't sleep so well again last night, so he manages to catch Ryu's message. The news surprises him for a moment...but it quickly dissipates. He isn't quite sure how to react.]
You said he's gone? [For now he'll just peer down into the communicator and maybe wonder how Saix is doing.
That's right. Axel doesn't know that Saix is gone, too.]