Heh. Fair enough, honestly. I know plenty of people get dragged outta some pretty rough spots in their lives. Wars, bad homes, sometimes a combo of both...

[It's... funny. Because when all things are considered, Riku came from perhaps the easiest time in his life. Before it all fell apart.

Knowing his own future's still wild after all thsi time.]

I'd probably be right there with you if I actually lived through half of what my friends told me.