[ The unfortunate ( or fortunate ) thing here is that, yes. Yes, Vanitas does know that there is a difference in knowing him and in meeting him. Vanitas suspects that, perhaps, if he had been introduced to the brat under different circumstances that he might have learned to deal with his situation. He's known what kind of person Sora was, but to actually experience it...

He scoffs. Yes, Vanitas is aware and he's getting the sense that this girl is one of those cryptic sorts. ]

Asking a question to answer a question is used as a means to make the other person come to an answer instead of just supplying one when it is demanded. I'm not so much of a child that I need coddled or that I can't handle hard truths.

[ Because it's obvious. ]

I don't want my interpretation of my question. What I'm asking for is yours.