"Right."

He snorts and shakes his head as he braces himself against Sora, trying to prevent the other man from falling.

"Such a good friend I stabbed you..."

Beside him, the shadow reaches out to nearly touch his cheek.

He said you're a friend. Why won't you say he's yours? Do you have any friends, Hero? Truly? Is the imp your only companion?

...Why are so few people close to you?

...Is it because you don't want the lambs to know about the wolf in their midst?

Link tenses at hearing the darkness around him give voice to his anxieties.

"Shut up."

The shadow vanishes and Link looks over at Sora, realizing he'd just spoken aloud to something that only exists in his mind.

"Not you. Sorry... about everything."