[He can't quite bring himself to respond the first bit, beyond a nod. Yes, he's popular...and has the kind of attitude of a guy who's been bad, but who's come around, and is best, happiest, when his friends are good influences, instead of...
No, he doesn't want to get lost in memories. If he's one of their classmates, he must be alright -- if anything could give away with more clarity that Ryou doesn't know what happened at Hope's Peak Academy, Atem can't think of it. Hoo boy.
Maybe now is not the time to tell him the whole thing, but...]
Yeah, he's all right! You should know, though, that anyone from Hope's Peak has probably been through a lot...some terrible things happened at that school.
[Doop doop doop, they are taking the elevator, thank you, Atem can slither up stairs but it's much harder to navigate going down them. He piles all his coils into the little box. Please float around him, Ryou.]
More to the point, Souda was known there as the Ultimate Mechanic...he's the one who made Nagito's arm!
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No, he doesn't want to get lost in memories. If he's one of their classmates, he must be alright -- if anything could give away with more clarity that Ryou doesn't know what happened at Hope's Peak Academy, Atem can't think of it. Hoo boy.
Maybe now is not the time to tell him the whole thing, but...]
Yeah, he's all right! You should know, though, that anyone from Hope's Peak has probably been through a lot...some terrible things happened at that school.
[Doop doop doop, they are taking the elevator, thank you, Atem can slither up stairs but it's much harder to navigate going down them. He piles all his coils into the little box. Please float around him, Ryou.]
More to the point, Souda was known there as the Ultimate Mechanic...he's the one who made Nagito's arm!