Roxas knows that look and gestures, the way Axel acts when he starts to feel out of his depth or too many complications begin to arise. But honestly, he can't blame him; he does know how Sora is, but Riku's another matter. Even without every detail of what happened while he was sleeping, and even knowing that Axel had never truly been as loyal to the Organization as Xemnas wanted,
for a long time they'd been the opposte of allies. He understands now that Riku had been the imposter, skulking around the worlds dressed like one of them, and then there had been that rainy night outside the castle...
"I'm not disappointed. I wouldn't be," he says, and if he's not sure that's 100 percent true, it's close enough. "Even if you didn't. Cuz it's your next life. You decide what to do with it."
No more Organization, no more boss, no more threats of being turned into Dusks. No more striving for Kingdom Hearts in a quest no one completely understood. His gaze drifts to the ground, and once again he wishes they were high up, with so much more space to look into.
"I don't know what I think about Riku," he quietly admits after a moment. "I understand who he is now, and why he did what he did. I can't even say any of it was wrong." His left hand flexes, fingers spread and then balling up in a fist and back. "But he also took me to that man. He helped keep me in that town."
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for a long time they'd been the opposte of allies. He understands now that Riku had been the imposter, skulking around the worlds dressed like one of them, and then there had been that rainy night outside the castle...
"I'm not disappointed. I wouldn't be," he says, and if he's not sure that's 100 percent true, it's close enough. "Even if you didn't. Cuz it's your next life. You decide what to do with it."
No more Organization, no more boss, no more threats of being turned into Dusks. No more striving for Kingdom Hearts in a quest no one completely understood. His gaze drifts to the ground, and once again he wishes they were high up, with so much more space to look into.
"I don't know what I think about Riku," he quietly admits after a moment. "I understand who he is now, and why he did what he did. I can't even say any of it was wrong." His left hand flexes, fingers spread and then balling up in a fist and back. "But he also took me to that man. He helped keep me in that town."