[Riku just tilts his head slightly, one eyebrow elevated – really, does he look like he'd joke about something like that? He certainly has no reason to lie either… though he can figure why Roxas might not consider him a trustworthy source of information.

He nods at what Roxas tells him – he and Sora have never talked about what happened in the future, not really, because Riku has no idea how to talk about what he knows, what he is certain will come to pass – what sacrifices it takes (took?) to wake Sora.

(He just knows that Sora won't take it well, not from him and not that other existences have to be sacrificed for him – Sora could never make a choice like that. But things being as they are… well, there really is no choice at all.)]

I didn't know… but I figured that that's what would happen, even before I left to confront you.

[That's exactly why he had taken precautions, why he had asked Mickey to guide Sora, Donald and Goofy… because the three of them would certainly need it and Riku wouldn't be in any position to help them, not while wearing Ansem's face.]

For what it's worth… I am sorry.

[Not about having to do what he did (was going to do?), but that it had to happen. Roxas and Xion… neither of them had deserved the cards they'd been dealt.]