He's not sure if it's just his ears rushing with too little blood or the fact that Link might be hearing things again, but the stilted reply is worrying. The Cure spell is familiar, at least; his eyes flutter open as it hits, completely comfortable with the green seeping into him.

Oh hey, here's something he never wanted to do in front of Riku again. That strange blunt sword he has? Dante never got it back, or was enough of a cagey jerk to keep the thing to himself until it was too late. Sora's eyes roll toward it, focus, and freeze, unmoving, his breathing slipping out of conscious control as he experiences another echo, his brain flooding again. It's a dark world he's seen before, he's speeding toward Riku and the King and that woman with blue hair, that's her, that's Aqua-

He comes back, but he's never had a memory echo during an injury this bad. There's no hiding this one. The four second loss of consciousness had apparently been enough to make him start hyperventilating. Spots appear on his vision right before he squeezes them back shut and holds his breath, desperately trying to get his lungs under control. Sorry, Link! Echoes are usually not this bad! Sora will be back to confirm his story in just a moment.