Kairi heard that thought from Riku, that wondering about who they truly were, if this was just the newest version of a life lived over and over. She wasn't sure how to answer at first, but she wanted to be encouraging, somehow. We know who you are now, Riku. I know. As to who we were...maybe it's better that we never really know for sure. She wondered if Kingdom Hearts even knew that. Could it look at a heart and see back through the lives it had experienced? Or were all previous memories and lives just a jumble of experiences to it?

"If that was him," (and most of her was still hoping it wasn't), "then look at it this way: you've given him some serious payback now."