No, maybe it was only Riku's imagination. The way he anticipated antagonistic challenges from just the sight of him, reminded of how he had been on the other side in that wasteland peppered with Keyblades from another era.
This time, he thinks he expects to see something more human, a sign of amusement, elation, some glimmer of light in the dark. The problem with striking a balance between these two forces is Riku can be wrong about what he expects, he can guess incorrectly. Sometimes, he doubts himself.
Riku feels light glowing inside him, beneath all the darkness. Warm, bright. It fills up the spaces left feeling depleted and shaky in the wake of Darkness's invigorating touch, it makes him warm to the very tips of his fingers, makes him drowsy and energetic in vacillating cycles.
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No, maybe it was only Riku's imagination. The way he anticipated antagonistic challenges from just the sight of him, reminded of how he had been on the other side in that wasteland peppered with Keyblades from another era.
This time, he thinks he expects to see something more human, a sign of amusement, elation, some glimmer of light in the dark. The problem with striking a balance between these two forces is Riku can be wrong about what he expects, he can guess incorrectly. Sometimes, he doubts himself.
Riku feels light glowing inside him, beneath all the darkness. Warm, bright. It fills up the spaces left feeling depleted and shaky in the wake of Darkness's invigorating touch, it makes him warm to the very tips of his fingers, makes him drowsy and energetic in vacillating cycles.
He hears himself huff a single laugh. ]
You and me both.
...Thanks.