[Takeshi's words made Roxas look over at the other, studying his face to see if he was just making things up to try to raise Roxas's spirits. It seemed like something Riku might do, to embellish the truth, but Takeshi... the blond didn't think so.]
Yeah? Was he a scrawny kid like me too?
[His words aren't self-depreciating so much as fondly teasing as he recalled the words of someone he'd greatly admired and appreciated back in Ryslig. Funny, he thought, that he had fonder memories of that hell than home. Maybe it was because Ryslig was recent, and he actually had a heart rather than being an echo of a person.]
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Yeah? Was he a scrawny kid like me too?
[His words aren't self-depreciating so much as fondly teasing as he recalled the words of someone he'd greatly admired and appreciated back in Ryslig. Funny, he thought, that he had fonder memories of that hell than home. Maybe it was because Ryslig was recent, and he actually had a heart rather than being an echo of a person.]