As I see it since Sora lost his memory and had his subscription ended(Terminal disk on the last fact) there are two options.
1. It's non canon
2. It's the Sora AI
Now I haven't played any .hack games so how exactly does Sora AI talk. Considering in LOT I saw a Sora character model I'm leaning towards the second option.
Plot Hole?
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