With little reaction to his weapon, Riku pressed his lips together a little. He wasn't sure how to prove anything, but... She wasn't growling at him, either. Riku never did like telling his story. But if she could smell his darkness, it was out anyway.

"I made a bunch of mistakes a while ago. I allied myself once with darkness. And I was in deep. So deep I had to have someone haul me out when things got bad." He looked off when the breeze tugged the tips of his hair. "I learned that darkness itself isn't bad, but the temptations it brings is. I use it and light side by side now. ...Or I did before we all ended up on the SOL." Riku looked back to his weapon. "That's a type of Keyblade. It formed out of my previous weapon. It looked like just a bat wing. This is more what I am now."