[After two nights of that insidious voice whispering his crimes in his ear, Roxas is starting to feel it. It's getting bad, now. In the dull, flickering glow of a small fire, Roxas looks .. bad. He's curled up in a heap on the floor, staring blankly into the flames
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What do you want, Riku?
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Now probably isn't the best time to try to talk to him.
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I made him angry.
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Bothers you, doesn't it? [said in an almost .. understanding way, like he has an idea of how Riku must be feeling over it]
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[just sighs and reaches up to fiddle with the Sphere]
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I had something I needed to say. It wasn't going to be a good time no matter what .. not with things like this.
You .. care about him, don't you?
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not one he can understand]
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You make it sound like there's some kind of gauntlet ahead.
I...just think he's alright. Not like the other Nobodies. [present company excluded]
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.... [nods] he isn't. He's actually .. not such a bad guy, deep down. --at least .. when I knew him. Things are .. different, now.
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[for the first time, Riku feels a little awkward around Roxas. and he doesn't even know the whole story yet] ...you knew him?
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He was my best friend. At least, until I abandoned him and betrayed the Organization.
But for some reason, when we got here ... he comes from a time probably just before I was born. He didn't know me at all. [pauses, realizing he's said .. maybe more than he wants to divulge, and goes quiet]
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