The Scars Don't Hurt.

They say trauma makes you forget things, that it makes your memory woozy. This was not an assumption, but rather a fact backed by long scientific research and tons of paper Xion had read.

People don't remember their childhood. Not fully, at least.

Mostly they don't, until they are pushed into the quagmire of reality and are forced to recall those happy moments they had experienced years ago.

Or perhaps those memories return only in the last seven seconds before their final sleep.

For some, childhood may seem insignificant, nothing worth noting. But for Xion, that wasn't the case.

In fact, he remembered everything.

No matter how he tried to smile and pretend that everything was fine, his past still haunted him.

Ah, that was not suitable. Haunt was not the right word to describe it. Not at all.

Although Xion remembered the pain, the suffering, and the loud yells, they did not hurt him anymore.