He flinches, because the light, it feels like it had in the arcade, and he can't look, can't look, or he'll be hurt. A finned arm comes up to shield his face, but his eyes are already watering, he's already seeing flares behind his eyelids, afterimages.
The spell does pull out his regrets. Atem has more than a few -- he regrets letting Ryou see the worst of humanity during their hunts, which he suspects is what led to Ryou's general hatred of Ryslig's humans. He regrets picking the fight as a nephilim that led to all of this, that led to Ryou being killed. He regrets not getting revenge himself, so that none of this Fog business had to happen, and the Ring-Spirit wouldn't have taken matters into his own hands. He regrets dehydrating Ryou, the wrong choice, the wrong call, inflicting more pain than was needed. He regrets that Ankhsunatem murdered Ryou's double in such a dishonorable way. He regrets the traps he put on his victims, instead of letting them walk into them on their own -- regrets not going Fog sooner, before inflicting a lot of pointless pain. He regrets attacking Mukuro. He regrets attacking Riley. He regrets not saying something to Ryou sooner, about how he'd liked him, and he regrets not saying anything to Kaiba, and he regrets how he'd hurt Komaeda, and he regrets all
of the humans
he couldn't
save
...
...but he doesn't regret supporting Ryou. He's afraid that he would have, if nothing had been said, here.
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He flinches, because the light, it feels like it had in the arcade, and he can't look, can't look, or he'll be hurt. A finned arm comes up to shield his face, but his eyes are already watering, he's already seeing flares behind his eyelids, afterimages.
The spell does pull out his regrets. Atem has more than a few -- he regrets letting Ryou see the worst of humanity during their hunts, which he suspects is what led to Ryou's general hatred of Ryslig's humans. He regrets picking the fight as a nephilim that led to all of this, that led to Ryou being killed. He regrets not getting revenge himself, so that none of this Fog business had to happen, and the Ring-Spirit wouldn't have taken matters into his own hands. He regrets dehydrating Ryou, the wrong choice, the wrong call, inflicting more pain than was needed. He regrets that Ankhsunatem murdered Ryou's double in such a dishonorable way. He regrets the traps he put on his victims, instead of letting them walk into them on their own -- regrets not going Fog sooner, before inflicting a lot of pointless pain. He regrets attacking Mukuro. He regrets attacking Riley. He regrets not saying something to Ryou sooner, about how he'd liked him, and he regrets not saying anything to Kaiba, and he regrets how he'd hurt Komaeda, and he regrets all
of the humans
he couldn't
save
...
...but he doesn't regret supporting Ryou. He's afraid that he would have, if nothing had been said, here.
Hushed, and hoarse:]
...I'm sorry for so much, Ryou.