[Riku likes to think that it isn't that he couldn't win if he really tried, if he was fighting to the death the way he had against his own Replica – but well, they need (had needed?) Roxas alive, and that kind of fight is an entirely different kind of worms.

If he and Roxas clashed here and now… would he lose too? Riku doesn't really want to find out, admittedly. With Sora awake here, it wouldn't serve any purpose for them to fight anyway.

In any case, he figures Roxas has a right to honest answers – whether his questions are just rhetorical or not. Riku owes him this much at least.]

Because even if I don't know the exact events yet, I know what the result of it is going to be. Was, for you.

['The only real solution...is for them both to go away.,' is what Naminé had told him, but Riku isn't quite about to put it into those words. Especially since…]

It shouldn't have taken your life to wake Sora.

[Not Roxas' and not Xion's either. As for the other thing…]

I don't know what is going to happen after… what did happen.

[Partly because he hasn't lived it yet, but also because…]

Retrieving the memories from you and making sure that Sora wakes… that's Naminé's task. DiZ maintains the pods and makes sure that Sora doesn't wake before it's time… and I'm the one who keeps them safe.

[From the Organization and from the Heartless. And well, given the lineup of this particular team it should be obvious why Riku was the one to face Roxas.]

Between that and keeping track of your movements, there was never a time or a reason for me to ask what would happen once I got you to the mansion.

[He imagines that he would (did) find out once that was accomplished… but before that there was no point in asking about what-ifs.]