"Even if you did want to try learning from someone else, you could do it without going to school all the time," he pointed out. "Riku told me once that some of the schools let people pay just to take the classes they want. It's not cheap, but...it's an option."

He kicked his feet restlessly under the table, thinking of the possibilities. He'd never seriously considered school as a possible choice for him, and he wasn't rethinking that now, but related thoughts came to mind.

"Do you think it's weird for people like him and Sora and Kairi? They musst have gone to school their whole lives before things got crazy for them. Maybe they're too used to doing what they want now."