"I - what?" That seems as impossible as the soldier surviving that long. He counts on his fingers, shaking his head. He wonders if they were both ageless? Something about the serums, and the cryo. He wonders if Steve had been through the same thing, somehow, except for good. He kind of wants to hope it wasn't on purpose. He knows good can be cruel too.

"... He came back for you." And then they might have hurt him. And it wouldn't have been their fault. Not really. And then Sora isn't really sure what to say to that, because at some level, in the past two months, he may have been under the impression that he'd done the same for Riku here in Beacon as well.

It's not the same thing. (When will it stick? When will the truth finally stick?)

"He loved you." Even without Sora connecting himself to the situation, it's obvious. "Wouldn't have done that if he didn't."