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Riku sighed when she asked him about the stars. This wasn't a happy topic, and Riku didn't want to ruin her birthday. But she had asked, and he felt that her father wouldn't mind her knowing. So he answered, "Your mom has told you that the stars are each a different world, right? When one star fades out, that means that world has fallen into the Realm of Darkness. That happened here once." Riku stopped abruptly. What he hadn't said was that he was responsible for this world fading to darkness, something that he felt guilty for even now. He hadn't meant to bring that up.

Kaizume, however, didn't seem notice anything off. She jumped of the tree were he, Sora, and Kairi had always sat, then turned to beg him once again to go off on an adventure. Jeez, he had only been back for 5 minutes and she already wanted to leave. Then she mentioned that she had to go home, so they should get going. He hadn't been to see Sora and Kairi in ages. He walked along with her to the dock he knew so well, and said to Kai, "You really want to go on an adventure, huh? Tell you what. When we get to home, we can ask your mom and dad if you can come with me for a little while. I'm sure your dad won't object. We just need to get Kairi to agree..."