I never wanted to be there, there was only one place I wanted to be.

[He leaves it unsaid, but it should be obvious what he means.

And oh, right. Lea's from before the final battle, and before their heart to heart, so he should probably go over this again.]

I was jealous and thought you turned your back on me, but I realize now that you would never do that.

Why do you think I was trying to help with restoring Roxas? I had to do right by you somehow, to make up for everything.

[It's his turn for the bitter laughter.]

Would it make you feel better to know you did get the chance to "clobber" me? You, and Roxas and Xion?

[He's not going to go into all the details of that fight at the moment. Not least of which because the details were hazy under the fog of berserk.]