No. And it's not just that that's gone. I can't access the darkness that I've trapped inside of myself. It's all missing. [Speaking of that openly with Sora is easy. Riku's at peace with how he's made darkness his own weapon, and a way of utilizing it against others while it no longer harms him. Taking ownership of something so important to him, something that became a source of strength.

That he could at all—

And now it's gone. Riku doesn't know how to put to words how utterly ... weak he feels. He doesn't like it.

His hand comes to cover the place where the glow happens.]

Every time I try, it hurts more and more. I can't make it stop.