It’s alright, even if Roxas doesn’t understand everything right away… they have time now. There is no looming threat that requires either of them to hurry about this – and given time Riku might tell his side of the story properly.

For almost a second there is an objection on Riku’s tongue when Roxas says it was all entirely unnecessary – no doubt that Roxas would have found Sora eventually, but even so Riku can’t help but remember his own urgency with that he had faced the blond in the World That Never Was; the feeling of Oblivion in his grip-

(R҉i҉k҉u҉,҉ ҉p҉l҉e҉a҉s҉e҉!҉ ҉Y҉o҉u҉ ҉h҉a҉v҉e҉ ҉t҉o҉ ҉s҉t҉o҉p҉ ҉h҉i҉m҉!҉)

But maybe that had been just his own need to see Sora awake. Maybe Roxas is right after all… so he swallows that, and just nods. There is no point in fighting over what might have been anyway.

Unsurprisingly, Sora had already found the other – to hear they already connected… well they are connected either way, for better or worse. It makes sense for Sora to be one of the first people that Roxas runs into.

It’s interesting to hear that Roxas was aware of him somehow… maybe as he had moved through Sora’s dreams?

“I spent most of my time in the Realm of Sleep moving through Sora’s dreams… I guess it would make sense for you to sense me there somehow.”

And well… then later too, when he had been in Sora’s heart.