[i'm glad i don't have to pretend to not be a hidden npc so i can just shoot you]

I think so, too. It just took a long time to realize that.

[(young edgy riku) tch who needs friends to help me do shit i can do it on my own

He does peer back at Sakyou sort of curiously and pointedly though.]

But you won't be able to trust your friends if you listen to a voice telling you to give into the darkness.