[ Xion stays quiet for a moment, pulling her journal into her arms and hugging it against her chest. ]

I don't think I'll measure my birthday by how long I've been here ... I mean, then I'd have to wait another whole year. I'm okay with my birthday being today.

[ softly ] You really are ahead of me, huh. Older, I mean. Axel, too. It's so weird to think about...

[ with a sigh, and a little more strongly in answer to his question ] Yeah. We will.