[Ryou drinks in those words, like an intoxicant. Yes. Good. Regret it all, and tell him you're sorry, that's the only course that would make this all better, he's sure of it.
He's done what he had to in order to set things straight. It wasn't like he was...a liar too...right?
Right...?
When Atem asks if Ryou had used his powers, he has to think about it. He's still too bright, too righteous, too much not-himself, that he simply says what's true.]
I did what I had to do to make you see.
You needed to know...you...
I...
[There's a flicker. A bit of the light receding, letting in a thought, or two. A realization.
A promise, broken. Ryou had promised...he'd ask, if he ever did something like this...right?]
I didn't...mean--no. No I did. I meant to.
[He can't lie. He can't. Even if he didn't intend to, he ended up meaning it.]
Atem...?
[Ryou takes a few steps back, his halo points dropping weightlessly to the sides of the ring. The light's fading back, slowly. Leaving only regret.]
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He's done what he had to in order to set things straight. It wasn't like he was...a liar too...right?
Right...?
When Atem asks if Ryou had used his powers, he has to think about it. He's still too bright, too righteous, too much not-himself, that he simply says what's true.]
I did what I had to do to make you see.
You needed to know...you...
I...
[There's a flicker. A bit of the light receding, letting in a thought, or two. A realization.
A promise, broken. Ryou had promised...he'd ask, if he ever did something like this...right?]
I didn't...mean--no. No I did. I meant to.
[He can't lie. He can't. Even if he didn't intend to, he ended up meaning it.]
Atem...?
[Ryou takes a few steps back, his halo points dropping weightlessly to the sides of the ring. The light's fading back, slowly. Leaving only regret.]