[Riku can see it. He can see how Axel's smile doesn't falter, and Riku knows that if it were he who was the new arrival, he'd fall quiet at that. Perhaps that's just him. But he nods, sobering even if Axel doesn't, and holds one hand up, fingers loosely curled.]
There's -- Namine, Sora and I, Xion, and my Replica. [He doesn't bother saying "Kagami" -- he knows Axel will question it, and it's just easier to get to that later. Riku recites the names, extending his fingers as if counting as he does so.] So -- a handful of us. There were some people who were here who were here for -- mustn't have even been a month before they disappeared again. But I don't know if you'd have known them either way. Anyway -- a handful. Roxas was here, a long time ago.
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[Riku can see it. He can see how Axel's smile doesn't falter, and Riku knows that if it were he who was the new arrival, he'd fall quiet at that. Perhaps that's just him. But he nods, sobering even if Axel doesn't, and holds one hand up, fingers loosely curled.]
There's -- Namine, Sora and I, Xion, and my Replica. [He doesn't bother saying "Kagami" -- he knows Axel will question it, and it's just easier to get to that later. Riku recites the names, extending his fingers as if counting as he does so.] So -- a handful of us. There were some people who were here who were here for -- mustn't have even been a month before they disappeared again. But I don't know if you'd have known them either way. Anyway -- a handful. Roxas was here, a long time ago.