[(x) doubt, Ryou. Ryou might read that doubt in the way Atem shifts, where his muscles tense.

But he'll also read the moment Atem decides he's ​going to pick his battles here. Frankly, he suspects Ryou just wants him to stay, and is saying whatever he thinks is close enough to the truth to make that happen...

...luckily for him, Atem has no plans to leave.]

Noa's nice to nap with! He turns himself into a cat, and he kneads the blanket with his paws before he lies down...[which is CUTE.] I thought he'd mind being petted more, but he seems okay with people treating him like a cat.

His employees come into his office on their breaks to do just that, you know!

[He's not expecting this to matter deeply to Ryou. The tone Atem is taking is someone getting a little rambly before going to sleep...it's meant to be a topic that's not very serious, something else to think about, so that no one goes to sleep thinking about rifts and knives and how Atem knows what it feels like to take someone's arm off now, which lends a terrible realism to dreams where it's Yugi.

Nope. Gonna talk about cats. He's a cat person now.]