[Atem releases the collar, for now. Both his hands come up to Ryou's jaw, holding him in place.]
You shouldn't steal yourself from me, and give you to somebody else. That wouldn't be right either, would it?
[Keep him talking. Frame it any way you have to, to keep him here, to stop him from making his pain worse. A stay in La Forteresse helps no one. Not the people who were hurt, and not the one who did the hurting.]
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[Atem releases the collar, for now. Both his hands come up to Ryou's jaw, holding him in place.]
You shouldn't steal yourself from me, and give you to somebody else. That wouldn't be right either, would it?
[Keep him talking. Frame it any way you have to, to keep him here, to stop him from making his pain worse. A stay in La Forteresse helps no one. Not the people who were hurt, and not the one who did the hurting.]
Whose rules did you break? Mine, or AM's?