[Kairi leans into the hug and manages a smile, but for a moment it's like she's focused on something very far away.]

It's different because... Sora was here. He disappeared before I arrived, but people here remember him. I don't know if he escaped or...

[She looks up at Riku, dry-eyed. She's accepted the possibility. Even if Sora is dead, the Captain can still choose to bring him back and she never gave up on finding either of them. But she can't exactly bring herself to say it.]