It's a bad time to ask Atem to trust that this will be okay. It's hard for him. But, because of everything...he's willing to take the chance, to roll the dice, on the odds that...somehow, it'll break pattern. Somehow, this won't be as bad as everything else has.
He shuts his eyes, lets himself be pulled in. It still hurts...that part of this is going to involve Ryou dialing up his own anger, his own cruelty.]
This won't be easy for me. I think...that once things start to get bad, with the gem...I should stay away. It'll be better, in the long run -- if, when this is over, I don't have ugly words in my head that you didn't mean, or never meant to say. I want to be there for you, and that'll be easier for me without that hurt.
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It's a bad time to ask Atem to trust that this will be okay. It's hard for him. But, because of everything...he's willing to take the chance, to roll the dice, on the odds that...somehow, it'll break pattern. Somehow, this won't be as bad as everything else has.
He shuts his eyes, lets himself be pulled in. It still hurts...that part of this is going to involve Ryou dialing up his own anger, his own cruelty.]
This won't be easy for me. I think...that once things start to get bad, with the gem...I should stay away. It'll be better, in the long run -- if, when this is over, I don't have ugly words in my head that you didn't mean, or never meant to say. I want to be there for you, and that'll be easier for me without that hurt.