He knows precisely how on-edge Ryou is. Atem knows this isn't the best time to talk to him. He knows that he's the only convenient target for Ryou to be mad at about having his head bitten off, and having to regrow it, and the healing process being crueler for him than it has for the other monsters Atem's encountered.
But, also, Ryou doesn't have to suffer like this. Not when there's another way to get fluids in him that doesn't involve slowly processing them through his stomach. He didn't even check?]
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He knows precisely how on-edge Ryou is. Atem knows this isn't the best time to talk to him. He knows that he's the only convenient target for Ryou to be mad at about having his head bitten off, and having to regrow it, and the healing process being crueler for him than it has for the other monsters Atem's encountered.
But, also, Ryou doesn't have to suffer like this. Not when there's another way to get fluids in him that doesn't involve slowly processing them through his stomach. He didn't even check?]
They could help.