Rikku nodded quickly. "Yeah. I know. I mean, I did know, I do know, I just ... it was so scary." She shivered. "You were mean. You're never mean. It was like ... you were someone else and you'd just been pretending all along. I felt sick."

There was a pause. "I don't know ... I mean, it's all kinda weird now, and ... it's probably gonna be weird for a bit, but ..." Rikku took a deep breath. "I don't wanna be split up. If you don't. I don't know how things are gonna be for a bit, but ... I don't want that."