Yorda blinked at the horned, hulking figure and froze for one awful moment. Was that a shadow? But then he stepped into the light and the princess breathed a quiet sigh of relief. No. THe shadows were gone now. They were free, and they would not come back. Well, at least the shadows from Yorda's own world wouldn't, but the Heartless remained, and they unnerved Yorda even more than her mother's shadows had.

Yorda found herself trailing along the Beast, however accidentally, and watched his horns as she walked. She had never seen anything like him before, and wondered where he came from. "Who are you?