[The shadow's protests only make Riku more certain of his plan. They head back to his room, where Riku shuts the door and grabs a couple towels from the bathroom. The shadow is still talking, angry now, and Riku finds himself having to interrupt it more and more often so that it doesn't let something slip. He covers up the porthole, covers anything that would let light in from outside, jams the crack under the door with a towel and eventually rejoins Kairi near the door.
And he smiles again.]
And I'll bet you never said a word to her about the--
Ready to see if this works?
--hiding for two full days. You were still you--you were just older!
[Riku snaps off the lights and plunges the room into total darkness. Darkness, where there's no light to make a shadow--not even a tiny one hiding under his feet.]
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And he smiles again.]
And I'll bet you never said a word to her about the--
Ready to see if this works?
--hiding for two full days. You were still you--you were just older!
[Riku snaps off the lights and plunges the room into total darkness. Darkness, where there's no light to make a shadow--not even a tiny one hiding under his feet.]