Axel knows that Sora isn't Roxas, and frankly he wouldn't do either of them the disservice of thinking otherwise, but... there's something about Sora's eyes that are just a little too close for comfort, and after a moment, Axel has to look away. It isn't that he's looking for Roxas in Sora's eyes, it's that Roxas is just there, somehow and he can't help but see him. It's weird, to look at the kid's Other this way. He knew the whole time that Sora was Roxas' other half, but it's always been strange that they existed simultaneously, and it's even stranger to see Roxas in Sora's eyes when he knows Roxas is also sleeping in that strange room full of pods in the station so high above them.

"Y... hah?" He snaps out of his musing when Sora's words register, and he squints at him like maybe the kid's gone slightly out of focus.

'Here ya go. The icing on the cake.'

Axel has to figure it isn't a turn of phrase explicit to Radiant Garden, but that Sora had chosen that exact phrase...

He shakes his head quickly, rubbing his crown and giving a weak laugh.

"Yeah, exactly," he says, his grin a little uncomfortable for a moment, and then he levels a hand at his shoulder, waggling it back and forth. "If all ya eat is icing, you'll never get any taller."