[Atem is, in a lot of ways, underinformed. He doesn't know about things like collaring, not personally, not even academically: he knows what Yugi knew, and what Yugi knew was, collars look cool! and collars are for cats and dogs. Putting one on a person, then, is either a fashion statement or a dehumanizing thing.
But something about the way Komaeda says it -- and follows it up with you should ask Lila first -- makes it feel like it mostly falls into the latter category, but not quite...
He feels some kind of way about Lila claiming to own Komaeda? Like a pet? But she clearly cares about him, a lot, and Komaeda doesn't seem to mind...
Red eyes widen. Thin edges of a bat-mouth press together. A sense of the situation that Atem never asked for rises in his mind like the miasma from the tunnels below Bavan, and Atem clamps down hard on all of that. Nope! No.
His expression only changes for a second or two. Then, Atem sidesteps. Change of subject. He glances over his shoulder, taking his clawed hands off of Komaeda and straightening his back, though he stays crouched near the floor, close to eye-level.]
Where is she, anyway? She was the one who sent the message, but I didn't see her when I came in...
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But something about the way Komaeda says it -- and follows it up with you should ask Lila first -- makes it feel like it mostly falls into the latter category, but not quite...
He feels some kind of way about Lila claiming to own Komaeda? Like a pet? But she clearly cares about him, a lot, and Komaeda doesn't seem to mind...
Red eyes widen. Thin edges of a bat-mouth press together. A sense of the situation that Atem never asked for rises in his mind like the miasma from the tunnels below Bavan, and Atem clamps down hard on all of that. Nope! No.
His expression only changes for a second or two. Then, Atem sidesteps. Change of subject. He glances over his shoulder, taking his clawed hands off of Komaeda and straightening his back, though he stays crouched near the floor, close to eye-level.]
Where is she, anyway? She was the one who sent the message, but I didn't see her when I came in...