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Hey, Xanth.

[Riku doesn't really -sound-... anything. His voice is neutral, maybe a little bit curious...]

Got a moment?

[...oh, dear.]

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[Wait--whoa. Riku did -not- anticipate this; he never in a million years thought that Xanth would actually confide anything. Besides, he's not sure if he wants to encourage him, really--Xanth has only been around Kairi for a few months. He's been with her for -years-.

Riku's first reaction is to lash out--'I can see how that might be easy,' perhaps. But no, that's no good; if he says that it'll inevitably get back to Kairi and he definitely doesn't want -that- to happen. Man. If it were Sora, it would be simple: 'Well, it's not like you haven't done that before, you blockhead!' and they would both laugh and the moment would be over.

But again, that's a no go because this definitely isn't Sora and Xanth is still waiting for an answer. So after that initial moment of surprise, Riku hesitates for only a moment. Looking to one side as he responds, his somewhat-sardonic, half-muttered response is a far cry from the merciless teasing of just a couple minutes ago.]

Well, if you don't do anything, then you certainly won't have to worry about messing anything up.

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I... I g-guess.



Is... that... a-all?

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[Well, this has certainly not gone the way Riku had expected. Not to say it's necessarily a -bad- thing, but it's definitely odd. He's a little bit iffy about the entire situation by this point--only one thing to do for that!]

Yeah, that's it. But if you want to do anything, you'd better do it quick.

[That's all you're gonna get from Riku, Xanth. He smirks, slings the stick over his shoulder, and starts towards the stairs--but before he's too far away he'll glance back to Xanth.]

Back on the islands, there's a legend about this thing called a paopu fruit. Maybe you should ask Kairi about it some time.

[And he's off again. Later, Xanth--we'll see who wins in this battle.]

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