[Ryou pulls himself up onto the couch completely, his tail curling up over his legs and spilling onto Atem's just a bit. Then he sets his head on Atem's shoulder, much more easy than usual since he's at his old height, and he looks outward because talking about this is hard.
He's putting it on Atem. He's bad for doing that.]
Elias scares me...but when I was out with Mukuro on my first hunt....she told me that he punished the people who blew up that building by making them feel the pain and fear of their victims. It...s-seems like fair retribution for a destructive move, right?
[If anyone would know, it probably would be Atem, under normal circumstances. The point though, is that it was a calculated move against the Fourth, and to some degree, Ryou understands what Elias acted out against the perpetrators for.
But...]
He didn't just punish the ones who facilitated the explosion though. He...he punished the monsters who were trying to clear the area too. One of them...he hasn't even changed yet, and now he's got the hunger. It's not far. It isn't, so I asked him why he thought he could do it.
[Ryou pauses, letting that sink in but also because the next part is stressful to talk about. Knowing how to read the signs doesn't make him feel any better, and like the Ring-Spirit had put it...Ryou knew better. Unlike what the Ring-Spirit had meant, however, Ryou is beating himself up over the fact that he should know better.]
...You've spoken to the Fourth before. Right? You know what it's like.
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[Ryou pulls himself up onto the couch completely, his tail curling up over his legs and spilling onto Atem's just a bit. Then he sets his head on Atem's shoulder, much more easy than usual since he's at his old height, and he looks outward because talking about this is hard.
He's putting it on Atem. He's bad for doing that.]
Elias scares me...but when I was out with Mukuro on my first hunt....she told me that he punished the people who blew up that building by making them feel the pain and fear of their victims. It...s-seems like fair retribution for a destructive move, right?
[If anyone would know, it probably would be Atem, under normal circumstances. The point though, is that it was a calculated move against the Fourth, and to some degree, Ryou understands what Elias acted out against the perpetrators for.
But...]
He didn't just punish the ones who facilitated the explosion though. He...he punished the monsters who were trying to clear the area too. One of them...he hasn't even changed yet, and now he's got the hunger. It's not far. It isn't, so I asked him why he thought he could do it.
[Ryou pauses, letting that sink in but also because the next part is stressful to talk about. Knowing how to read the signs doesn't make him feel any better, and like the Ring-Spirit had put it...Ryou knew better. Unlike what the Ring-Spirit had meant, however, Ryou is beating himself up over the fact that he should know better.]
...You've spoken to the Fourth before. Right? You know what it's like.