It's only something I notice if the mouth is open.

[--the touch to his jaw is nice. Atem's eyes fall half-closed, and the snakes close to Ryou's hand run themselves over it lightly, relaxed and trusting.]

The rest of the time, it just feels normal...like how you don't think about how the inside of your mouth feels unless you're using it.

[Atem's voice sounds relaxed, too. He's not thinking too hard about what he's saying, for once -- he's not sleepy, but all this nice touch is doing something to his filters.]

It used to be hard, to get it to open at all...