[Riku winces at that, glad she can't see him in the dark.]

It's...

[He trails off, realizing he was about to brush it off as being nothing again. Normally it wouldn't faze him to do so a bit, but today was different. Today he had the words of his shadow looming overhead.

Riku sighs.]

It wasn't hiding. Not really. It was back when a lot of things happened, one right after the other. Remember? You were a boy for a couple days, I was a girl... right before that happened, there was another... change. I think most people on the boat got their ages changed, right?

[Another pause.]

It was during that time.