❝ Sora and Kairi, ❞ he adds with an unavoidable laugh. ❝ The way we'd all laugh whenever Sora makes those dumb faces when he couldn't keep up. Yet perk right up and try again. ❞ Which naturally, along with their joined jovial spirits, made that gauge twitch just right to power the ship back on.
Riku should be relieved that the two of them would no longer be stranded out here in the vast cosmos, but... it is with genuine surprise from the turn of events that he has yet to reach for the wheel.
❝ Y'know... I feel a bit dumb right now. Of course all of you make me feel happy... ❞ but if he had lead with that, he might have clammed up -- thinking about Sora these days tend to do that, with the state of things... but Mickey may have just reminded him to keep the happy memories of friends close. For their sake.
❝ Sorry it took a while. ❞
"No need to be Sorry, Riku!" He assured quickly, gently squeezing the young man's shoulder. "We all have hard days sometimes. It's just about finding the good things when times are bad."
He could understand that better than anyone! Why, after the loss of Ventus, Terra, and Aqua...
No, best not to think of that at the moment.
"Let's see..." Tilting his head a bit, the king looks to the gauge with a thoughtful frown. That would be enough to get them a little ways away, but just to be safe...
"We should think of one more happy thing, to keep in our hearts on the flight." He mused, spindly tail swishing thoughtfully behind him. "Maybe a memory? Or a favorite food. Or I know! How about a game?"
