Riku studied the palm of his hand as if it would tell him how to fix things with Sora. After a thoughtful moment, he finally spoke. "I wouldn't be so sure that'd be better. ...My last experience with a replica was no joyride. I might've needed that explanation first." He didn't want to say that he might have been aggressive had he encountered her somewhere else, but it was a very real possibility.

...She's definitely a she. By now he was convinced.

"Yeah." He finally made eye contact again. "Roxas left the Organization. He was convinced the way to meet Sora was by freeing Kingdom Hearts. But the Organization would've wiped him out if he tried. Roxas still had Sora's memories. I couldn't let that happen."