[Atem stands, making the chair behind him skid back on the stone floor, making a nails-on-chalkboard scrape. He leans forward, his hands coming to rest on either side of the table, gripping it as his head comes forward. With menace:]
One of them had the idea to put it on television. One of them made the decision to tell humans that nothing can protect them from monsters. One of them cut a human up and called them cattle. And one of them approved the whole thing, and brought the tape to the news station.
They're all as guilty as you, and I want them all.
[He's giving Ryou something to focus on. Something to hold onto. A principle that matters to Ryou, that he can hold onto when this is over: he's not in this alone. He's the kind of monster who stands by his friends. He doesn't have nothing. He has his loyalty, and those monsters are loyal to him, too.]
Give me their names, or you'll get five people's punishments.
lies down. this is just v for vendetta but consensual. i'm so sorry
One of them had the idea to put it on television. One of them made the decision to tell humans that nothing can protect them from monsters. One of them cut a human up and called them cattle. And one of them approved the whole thing, and brought the tape to the news station.
They're all as guilty as you, and I want them all.
[He's giving Ryou something to focus on. Something to hold onto. A principle that matters to Ryou, that he can hold onto when this is over: he's not in this alone. He's the kind of monster who stands by his friends. He doesn't have nothing. He has his loyalty, and those monsters are loyal to him, too.]
Give me their names, or you'll get five people's punishments.