Great Spirits


Xion carefully walked up behind where Riku sat precariously on a rocky ledge beside a roaring waterfall. His eyes were closed in deep thought—Xion silently crouched down beside him, gazing over the wild and beautiful landscape.

"What's up, Xion?"

"It's funny, isn't it? How small we really are compared to all this?"

"Maybe... but we're part of this, too."

"Since when are you so very wise?"

"Since I started listening to others. It really helps to get a different view."

"Is that what you're doing here?"

"Nah—I was just messing with you."


Author: Y'know, I only realized just now that I didn't work Brother Bear into my last series at all. I actually liked that movie, too...

Sometimes it's hard to tell if Riku's serious or joking around, isn't it? Especially when he was younger. Does he really believe all the stuff he tells people, or is he just messing with their heads? (Poor Sora, having to deal with that all his life, XD)

I made an executive decision to reply to reviews in PMs this time, so unless I get anonymous/non member reviewers I'll be doing that. Just to prevent my author's notes from getting ridiculously long this time... Though, if a reply starts getting into explanatory stuff I'll tag it into the author's note instead. ^-^

See ya next time!