No one ever actually said Sora was smart with anything, but Riku wasn’t thinking that, rather an irritated Ansem was. Although one could say Riku was getting a little irritated himself. Shifting his hand from Kairi’s forearm to her farther shoulder, he kept hold of her in a defensive manner before frowning at Sora. He thought for a moment, looking a little agitated, before grabbing hold of Sora’s hood to keep him from falling over, stationing his foot against the Keyblade to keep his own balance. “Let’s get out of here. I don’t have enough energy to get us back to Actua Are, but I can at least get us out of the area of the earthquake, hopefully…” He looked to Sora, as though asking if this was a decent enough plan that he’d come up with.

Although still like the leader, Riku had fallen from the thought that his ideas were still ever perfect.