[skepticism like that is almost expected. yeah, strong hearts and all sounds cheesy, but it's a real sort of cheesiness. strength of heart: both so simple and so complex. he'd scoffed at it before, deluding himself into believing his own heart was more than strong enough when it wasn't. gaining that strength of heart lead to gaining the strength worthy to wield a keyblade.

riku keeps his gaze on hiro, but notes the movement in his periphery. it gets no comment or attention. playing spectator to that feels outside his place.]

A story that's not that far off. [he'll have to ask the details about this story later. it sounds worth a listen.] Whoever has a strong enough heart might be worthy enough to wield one. If their heart grows weak then it can find someone stronger.

[ah, the bridge and the rescue mission. that rings a bell. he's already heard bits of this story from another source. so terra had gotten involved with that, huh?]

The Bridge is what those other spirits turned the city into an aquarium over, right?