[His eyes widen, leaping right back up to look directly at Ryou -- Atem's taken aback.
Is he -- taking over everyone's win condition, again...? Trying to take care of them, to protect them, to a point where he's infringing on their freedom? He's been trying not to, but...
...
...]
I remember that those times.
...
I could...probably do less. I don't need to...address every problem I see. You're right...I may have fallen back into some old habits, without really realizing.
Because I'm only putting myself out for the people I care about! But...
[He looks back down again.]
That's a lot of people again, these days. Sorry...
...you're right. I'll...try to remember that.
[He's quiet a moment. If his win condition isn't "seeing all of his friends win," then...
...what is it?]
My win condition...it's to live safely with you. To protect our home, from other monsters, and to put it back together, when something from Ryslig hits it that I can't stop. I don't want so many things to take my attention away from that...that I can't fight for it as effectively.
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[His eyes widen, leaping right back up to look directly at Ryou -- Atem's taken aback.
Is he -- taking over everyone's win condition, again...? Trying to take care of them, to protect them, to a point where he's infringing on their freedom? He's been trying not to, but...
...
...]
I remember that those times.
...
I could...probably do less. I don't need to...address every problem I see. You're right...I may have fallen back into some old habits, without really realizing.
Because I'm only putting myself out for the people I care about! But...
[He looks back down again.]
That's a lot of people again, these days. Sorry...
...you're right. I'll...try to remember that.
[He's quiet a moment. If his win condition isn't "seeing all of his friends win," then...
...what is it?]
My win condition...it's to live safely with you. To protect our home, from other monsters, and to put it back together, when something from Ryslig hits it that I can't stop. I don't want so many things to take my attention away from that...that I can't fight for it as effectively.