[Riku just nods. There's nothing in those statements that he can argue with. He's lived most of his life under the suspicious and judgemental eyes of others, with that changing only within the last few years. This place is no different, just a little more vocal than what he's now used to.
Still, it's reassurance and as much as Cloud is a stranger to him, every little bit helps. He looks back up at he older man, voice firm and even.]
...You think this could be his doing? Or that somehow Sephiroth caused this?
[It's not his style at all, unless the Sephiroth here is a different man. But the clone wouldn't it past him to somehow orchestrate something from beyond the grave again.]
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Still, it's reassurance and as much as Cloud is a stranger to him, every little bit helps. He looks back up at he older man, voice firm and even.]
...You think this could be his doing? Or that somehow Sephiroth caused this?
[It's not his style at all, unless the Sephiroth here is a different man. But the clone wouldn't it past him to somehow orchestrate something from beyond the grave again.]