Sora thinks about that as they walk toward the bonfire. Need is a very interesting word for it. He knows he's liked. He knows people want him around by now - he's a doofus, sure, but when people say it, he does try to listen and believe it, even if it kind of hurts in a way he didn't quite expect. (Is it normal for relief to feel so good it breaks his heart a little?)

But need? Sora needs other people. He's never expected other people to need him around in return. The world will turn without him. It will. It has to.

"Uh," he says quietly. How does he put this? "I'll find you and bring you back before croaking? That much I can promise." Look. Frog pun! Please think that's funny, soldier.