Good! Pep talk acquired. Sora nods brightly! "Thanks! I dunno if it'll be all that bad, though. Remember when I was talking about how I got thrown onto another world and some people took me in and taught me how to fight?" Sora pats the pocket with the stone inside. "Same people. This is the first time I've ever gotten a chance to really learn about who they were."

It's... a little weird to miss people he's technically never met. It's hard to think about the idea that he's never really met them at all. It feels too real. He feels too grateful to them for saving his life for it to be a lie. But that's what it is, right? Just a story.

Spiraling. Redirecting. "Man, I can't wait to learn her name." He laughs. "Three years and I still haven't gotten her name back. The great ninja... someone. Man, she'd kick my butt if she knew that it took this long."