"Glad to hear it.  If I see this friend of yours I'll be sure to take a few pointers from him.  As for how I know your name, your story and your deeds were easy to match up to what I overheard on my way up to the castle with you.  I had asked Cosmos to drop me off a ways off when I had agreed to show up."  Riku replied, telling the truth since he had wanted the time to see what he'd be fighting for.  It helped to stave off his own darkness which was a literal force to be reckoned with where he came from.  Just being here was a danger to others if he ever lost control, but Riku had come far since his early days as a creature of the dark.  There was very little chance he'd ever lose his heart to his own dark power.  "My name is Riku, and I'm a Keyblade master.  Where I come from such weapons choose their wielders depending on what they sense in their wielder's heart.  I walk the path between the light and dark and I'm the stronger for it.  Considering what I went through when I was younger, I'm still kind of amazed I'm here of all places.  I...wasn't always one to fight for the light, let's just say that."  He shrugged but looking into his blue eyes one could see it still kind of bothered him a bit.  Even so he still managed a smirk as he made his weapon disappear with a thought before wiping the bottom of his chin with his right fist.  Watching Firion lean against a nearby pillar, Riku turned his head as he heard a noise out at the lake and saw the giant sea dragon appear.  He jumped back, fast, leaving a blurry afterimage behind as he appeared next to Firion a moment later, his keyblade out when he had fully formed after seeming to teleport before realizing what was going on.  "Is that a fabled Eidolon or summoned monster or whatever they're called here?  Ever since arriving I had heard stories of such creatures as well, but never thought I'd see one."  Whatever surprise which had temporarily seized Riku had disappeared just as fast as his sword did once again as he watched Leviathan disappear back into the water.  It was a thing of beauty, and he wondered who it was that had called it forth, having not seen someone jump off of the creature's head from the balcony himself and Firion occupied.