I wanted adventure. [His gaze becomes unfocused as he thinks back, remembering the times before the Darkness and the Keyblade, when he had such a strong feeling like he was meant for so much more then living on the island his whole life. It had needed seemed like enough.] I wanted to see what the rest of the world looked like. Meet new people. Experience something different. Island life just felt so boring and predictable, the same people doing the same thing every day, over and over. I wanted...more.
[He'd wanted it so badly he had been willing to trade his island away for it. But he doesn't say it. He doesn't think he will ever stop feeling guilty for the things he did in the past, but he knows that he's not that person anymore. And he doesn't want to tell Nike anything that would make her think badly of him.
Not yet.]
Being in a different world isn't the problem. All I've done for the past couple years is jump between worlds. I know how to adapt to that. So I have plenty of experiences but none of them involve things like math or science or whatever else you learn in a classroom.
[Riku doesn't respond to her question immediately, mainly because he's playing back in his head all the fruitless conversations he's had with the Palai where he's tried to explain something. And...okay so maybe he did get a little 'lecture-y' but the Palai can make even Sora look like he's got a good attention span.]
Um...well...maybe?
[He listens intently to her explanation, but he can't say that it makes him view her parents in an improved light.] I still don't think that's right. So you were born differently from the rest of your family, that's not necessarily a bad thing. And you were able to learn to do the same things as them anyways, which shows that they didn't even want to give you a chance before casting you off. [And...okay maybe he should stop rubbing it in. He doesn't mean to, but if he ever gets the chance to meet her parents he's going to have some words for them.] But...I'm glad things worked out for you. Sacrifice isn't always a bad thing, it can help people become who they are. It can make them better.
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[He'd wanted it so badly he had been willing to trade his island away for it. But he doesn't say it. He doesn't think he will ever stop feeling guilty for the things he did in the past, but he knows that he's not that person anymore. And he doesn't want to tell Nike anything that would make her think badly of him.
Not yet.]
Being in a different world isn't the problem. All I've done for the past couple years is jump between worlds. I know how to adapt to that. So I have plenty of experiences but none of them involve things like math or science or whatever else you learn in a classroom.
[Riku doesn't respond to her question immediately, mainly because he's playing back in his head all the fruitless conversations he's had with the Palai where he's tried to explain something. And...okay so maybe he did get a little 'lecture-y' but the Palai can make even Sora look like he's got a good attention span.]
Um...well...maybe?
[He listens intently to her explanation, but he can't say that it makes him view her parents in an improved light.] I still don't think that's right. So you were born differently from the rest of your family, that's not necessarily a bad thing. And you were able to learn to do the same things as them anyways, which shows that they didn't even want to give you a chance before casting you off. [And...okay maybe he should stop rubbing it in. He doesn't mean to, but if he ever gets the chance to meet her parents he's going to have some words for them.] But...I'm glad things worked out for you. Sacrifice isn't always a bad thing, it can help people become who they are. It can make them better.