[...though Atem can smell the blood, smell the wounds, knows the prey's been brought down and it's time to eat it, he's used to thinking past the smell of blood. It's the impulse to chase he's not used to, that he'll have to learn how to manage, but now that it's just the promise of food...
...he turns to Ryou instead. Ryou's just been through something terrible. He's lost his eyes, and gotten them back -- he's used his Fourth power through the pain of gunshot wounds. It's Ryou that has his attention.
He wants to look at Ryou with his eyes, and as he crouches on one knee next to Ryou, he uses one clawed hand to bring Ryou's face up to look at him. His eyes flick to Ryou's ear, then back to his eyes, making sure everything's been healed up, been inflicted on the sobbing-for-breath soon-to-be-corpse on the ground. Red eyes meet yellow ones -- it can be seen, now, that the fur around Atem's eyes is golden.]
...you did it. You really did it.
[His hand strokes through the fur at Ryou's cheek and jaw.]
You brought my eyes back. Ryou...thank you!
[It's heartfelt, and it's proud. Atem doesn't like being blind. He wonders if the Fourth God knew...knew how much it bothered him to not be able to look after himself well. But Ryou used his powers to fix something even the Fog couldn't. It's an impressive feat.]
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...he turns to Ryou instead. Ryou's just been through something terrible. He's lost his eyes, and gotten them back -- he's used his Fourth power through the pain of gunshot wounds. It's Ryou that has his attention.
He wants to look at Ryou with his eyes, and as he crouches on one knee next to Ryou, he uses one clawed hand to bring Ryou's face up to look at him. His eyes flick to Ryou's ear, then back to his eyes, making sure everything's been healed up, been inflicted on the sobbing-for-breath soon-to-be-corpse on the ground. Red eyes meet yellow ones -- it can be seen, now, that the fur around Atem's eyes is golden.]
...you did it. You really did it.
[His hand strokes through the fur at Ryou's cheek and jaw.]
You brought my eyes back. Ryou...thank you!
[It's heartfelt, and it's proud. Atem doesn't like being blind. He wonders if the Fourth God knew...knew how much it bothered him to not be able to look after himself well. But Ryou used his powers to fix something even the Fog couldn't. It's an impressive feat.]
Are you okay...?