[He just smiles calmly, points to where it would say his name on the feed, and chuckles. Riku knows that look well enough; it was on his face more than a handful of times as it is. Both the fear and the anger.]

The me you met before wasn't fully me. Well, was with a few extra shadows. [The chuckle doesn't quite leave him just yet. Sorry Silver, but he's just glad to be back to his normal self again. A Christmas miracle? Or... maybe another kind altogether.]

I am Riku. The original and no one else can ever change that.