Urd smiled grimly at his reaction, breaking free from her own dark thoughts to watch him with interest. "That's right. Make no mistake, their desire for hearts is not so they themselves can feel again. This is no ploy for redemption. All of it is to fuel and abuse the power they've been working so hard to get."

She leaned back, the smile fading. "Pages of what seemed to have been a larger report were found by various people over their time spent here. Through them we learned this world is called Castle Oblivion and each dimension is a 'floor.' We learned that Paixao was untouched by the Darkness that seems to pervade other worlds, though even they seemed not to understand why." She sighed, closing her eyes.

"They were fragmented, at best. Whole sections missing...to say nothing of reports that might have been found but not shared. The best conclusion to come to, however, is that someone wanted us to get this information."