Roxas certainly wasn’t giving his usual level of confrontation...true, he did insult his strength and motivations, but Roxas usually threw it back with a bit of boasting on his part, too. And he apparently didn’t have anything to say to his challenge. That just made Sora want to throw out challenges even more.

“I don’t care how tough you think I look. Riku needs the discipline.” As he said it, though, the manic grin seemed to more indicate that mirrored Sora just found bullying mirrored Riku to be fun. “Anyone else, I can show them how tough I am!”

The soda can in Sora’s hand began to crack and crinkle as he squeezed his fingers tighter around it.