[ As before, Riku remains silent as Arden talks, giving him that much when he might be unable to do more than that.

Everything between them is... difficult. Arden knows it, he knows it, it's just a matter of whether Sora knows it or not. To be here in this world- in this house with Arden and Arden with him... it's an adjustment, something that he's not even sure will work and yet, here's Arden, trying to reassure him about Sora and explain his own thoughts on... them. ]

So you want a life of your own. Fair enough. But it doesn't have to involve me in it. Not just for Sora's sake. Regardless of what you'll say, you don't know anything about me.

[ Turning then to look to Arden, his gaze, while hidden, is soft. ]

Why do you care? I'm nobody to you.