[Sora sits down as well, waiting patiently for Riku to start. He's still worried, and he's eager to know more about what's going on, but he doesn't want to rush Riku. For something this important...well, maybe it's better to go a little slow.

When Riku finally does start, he listens closely, trying to process everything as well as he can.

At the last part he nods, confirming Riku's words.]

The storm, yeah. A huge storm came to the islands, and those weird monsters attacked while I was trying to find you and Kairi, and then-...

["The islands disappeared." He doesn't want to say it out loud, because that makes everything far too real. But not outright saying it doesn't make it any less real, either.

Still, the words don't quite make it past his thoughts.]

The Heartless? Is that what those things were?