[Riku, having found plenty of friends asleep but neither his parents nor anyone else from the Islands, Sora and Kairi aside, knows both sides of that… both leaves heartache, if very different kinds.

Instead of thinking about that, he just nods.]

They'll stay here for now… until they wake, or until we find a way to undo the Storm's destruction. They'll be safe in sleep.

[That's what he's told himself while Sora had slept at least… what he tells himself about Kairi and Naminé. They are safe where they are right now, and when the time is right, they will wake. Doubting that just leads to madness, he thinks.]