[ Arden shakes his head dismissively. There's too many He's in this conversation - and living at the house in general - to stop using first names to make things clear. But whatever. He cares more about the second part. ]

"That's all that matters"? After all that ice?

[ Suddenly 'ice' has become a codeword of sorts with so many meanings, not least of which being a lie. ]

Not buying it. Besides, you should know better than I do that if his friends aren't happy, then Sora's not happy either.

[ Hence why he had to start the process of dealing with Squall too - he just had several weeks on Riku in that regard. ]