He watched the temple raise up from the ground, but it only made Cyrus more on edge. It was the uneasy sensation of being watched, and Cyrus had long since learned to take those instincts seriously. It had, on multiple occasions, saved his life. This moment, however, something was off. He felt uneasy, but that was all. The only presence he felt were those he had arrived with, and nothing more. Either someone was very good at hiding, or Cyrus' "healthy" paranoia was getting the better of him. Either way, he entered the temple without a second thought. If half the stories he'd heard about this place were true, then it was likely the safest place they could be in.

When he felt the power of his Keyblades vanish after entering the temple's threshold, he knew that was a good start. This cathedral, this whole world for that matter, was considered neutral ground for a reason. And the temple itself having the power to nullify just about all the powers of those who entered it was one of those reasons, because it meant that fighting in this place was next to impossible. Of course, it didn't stop Cyrus from feeling more vulnerable, but he would just have to get used to that until they were ready to depart. The temple's entryway was essentially an ante room that split off into three distinct paths. Arthal volunteered to take the center path and advised the group to split up between the light path on the right, and the dark path on the left.

Cyrus might have voiced his disagreement with the idea of splitting the party - in his experience it always ended in disaster - but people were already splitting off down their chosen paths. With a sigh of brief contempt, Cyrus took the path on the left. Objects of dark power, even when locked behind barriers, had a nasty habit of bringing out the greed in people. Cyrus knew this from experience, and decided he would be more helpful keeping a watchful eye on that side of the temple, just in case. Admittedly, Cyrus was being a bit paranoid of his teammates. However, if he learned anything from the war, it was that it's better to be prepared for something that [i]doesn't[/i] happen than to be caught off guard by something that [i]did[/i].