[Ryou, in revenge, suddenly swipes his tongue across the snakes, licking them from belly to jaw. Dummies. Sorry Atem, he has to enact vengeance somehow!]

They're awfully endearing, except for the one that seems magnetically attracted to my ear. But I guess I could see your concern. Still...being a naga has benefits. You can petrify people, or hypnotize them with your tail. Maybe I should try this monster type out sometime.

[He's not even remotely joking--he'd temp to naga just to see what it was like for him, relative to Atem. Ryou gets a bit of enrichment from the temporary changes, because as a monster enthusiast, why wouldn't he? The animalistic monsters seem to work fine for him.]

For now though...I think I'd just be content to spend time with you like this. You give very good hugs.

[...Listen, he knows that Atem's a priest, and that he worked hard for it. He doesn't discount that at all, and in fact will laud Atem more than he'd probably care to hear, just because Ryou really does have faith in him, and wanted this to be something that would give Atem security that he'd lost since January.

But he also really likes the idea that Atem can just wrap around him while they sleep again, and that this time, they won't have to worry about Ryou's injuries. It's absolutely selfish, sure. But all the same.]