[It's probably for the best that Atem didn't verbalize that, because Ryou can't handle the answers as they are now, and he wouldn't have dealt with that even a little bit better.
His ears lower and his eyes narrow, because that's...not a terrible answer, but he still hurts, and the answer is still not sufficient to placate him right now. He doesn't want to fight! He doesn't want to argue, he doesn't, he doesn't--]
W-well, maybe...maybe you shouldn't have done it! If you'd just...l-let me stay wherever I was, or something ate me, if no one had ever f-found me, then it would have been better! Wasn't the rest of it enough?! I had to grow this back!
[He buries both hands in his hair, gripping his head. Nails scrape against his scalp, but they don't pierce because he doesn't want to hurt himself, and he doesn't want to give Atem an excuse to be inconvenienced by him bleeding. But Ryou can't help the way he grips at his hair, tugging at it hard enough to hurt, just like the rest of him.]
This hurt. This was enough!! I couldn't think, I c-couldn't...it was...nngh!
[He glares back up at Atem, up because they're able to look each other in the eye a little better, and maybe Atem's a little taller than him right now and he hates it!]
Doing that...made it worse because I'm...i-in this body, water is hard to deal with, and...a-and you shouldn't have done it! Every solution doesn't have to be radical!!
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His ears lower and his eyes narrow, because that's...not a terrible answer, but he still hurts, and the answer is still not sufficient to placate him right now. He doesn't want to fight! He doesn't want to argue, he doesn't, he doesn't--]
W-well, maybe...maybe you shouldn't have done it! If you'd just...l-let me stay wherever I was, or something ate me, if no one had ever f-found me, then it would have been better! Wasn't the rest of it enough?! I had to grow this back!
[He buries both hands in his hair, gripping his head. Nails scrape against his scalp, but they don't pierce because he doesn't want to hurt himself, and he doesn't want to give Atem an excuse to be inconvenienced by him bleeding. But Ryou can't help the way he grips at his hair, tugging at it hard enough to hurt, just like the rest of him.]
This hurt. This was enough!! I couldn't think, I c-couldn't...it was...nngh!
[He glares back up at Atem, up because they're able to look each other in the eye a little better, and maybe Atem's a little taller than him right now and he hates it!]
Doing that...made it worse because I'm...i-in this body, water is hard to deal with, and...a-and you shouldn't have done it! Every solution doesn't have to be radical!!