[Ryou tilts his head to the side and chuckles a little. He doesn't mind the nuzzling at all, even when it musses his hair. The snake on the correct side excitedly flicks its tongue at Atem, then pushes up against his jaw. Yay! Good!

It's nice. It's very nice...to the point he almost forgets to answer Atem, but he catches himself.]

Mm, yeah. I picked it...I know, it's exactly what you'd expect from me, right? Skulls...

But maybe I can do something else eventually. Nothing major...not like Beat's tongue piercing. That looks like it hurt.

[And Ryou's not fond of excessive pain, so...]