[Atem has to stand by that. If they're going to get better about Atem not taking Ryou's decisions away from him...they shouldn't slip back into that mindset as soon as it seems fun. They need to get stronger on their own, first...]
We should try to get by without them. But I screwed up, first...I'm the one who used them to take your will away from you, when it wasn't a game.
[His head tilts into the ear touch. He doesn't comment on the intent to stay away from being a shade, just acknowledges it with a wordless nod. Ryou's choices about his monster type are his.]
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[Atem has to stand by that. If they're going to get better about Atem not taking Ryou's decisions away from him...they shouldn't slip back into that mindset as soon as it seems fun. They need to get stronger on their own, first...]
We should try to get by without them. But I screwed up, first...I'm the one who used them to take your will away from you, when it wasn't a game.
[His head tilts into the ear touch. He doesn't comment on the intent to stay away from being a shade, just acknowledges it with a wordless nod. Ryou's choices about his monster type are his.]