"Yeah, a new one, but with a more direct purpose than before: he wants to make thirteen vessels for himself. That means that the original purpose for the organization was to get that started." Explaining that was still weird—and to some degree, a little frightening. Riku knew, after all, that he was originally meant to be one of them.

In fact, he was just one step away from it. And it was his own choice.

He didn't cling to that thought for long, though, moving to answer Sora's second question.

"They knew about it from the start. They showed up right away and threw it off track. I'm not sure about everything you saw on your side, but I'm willing to bet you saw Xehanort and his minions along the way. Is that right?"