[ How someone chooses to define themselves is a conversation that individual should have with their own heart, perhaps what Riku means, while lacking the eloquence of other people better suited to things like this, is that he objects to the idea that Soldat is somehow inferior to others or deserves less.

That idea comes from his own lived experiences - involving people who were told they weren't complete, they were invalid existences that shouldn't be there, but those people deserved as much as anyone else a chance to live their lives.

Riku glances down at the casserole dish, privately impressed at his ability to tuck away a significant amount of hearty food in a single sitting. But... then again... look at those muscles. Super soldier metabolism aside, you don't get bulked up like that without being able to put away some serious calories. ]

We decide for ourselves what we share with others. I'm... glad you could share this with me.

[ Riku rolls a shoulder, exhaling a puff of embarrassed laughter. ]

Kinda flattering, I guess.