[It had been pretty bad. Atem had been frightened. He'd seen people hurting awfully.
There's also the traitorous, suspicious part of his mind that wonders if those memories are real, or if they're like what happened with Marco's portal, which Atem doesn't trust took people to their homes at all.
But...maybe he'll be able to confirm some of it with people from his world. The Ring-Spirit, or Marik. Cross-reference names, places. And, until then...he nods.]
Kiya.
[He holds Ryou's fingers, is quiet a second.]
I wonder how long it's been, since someone's said her name. I wonder if they found her...
[Maybe her tomb was found, or her name and carvings were on a monument, and Egyptologists talk about her sometimes, and she's just not as famous as Hatshepsut.
Or, maybe it never was, and she's resting quietly somewhere, and this is the first time anyone's given her that kind of power in the afterlife.
....
Weird, to go from not particularly caring about religious practices to feeling like this is significant. Okay. Nope. He's going to think about that more when Ryou is asleep, and not get lost behind his own eyes while Ryou is still here, when Ryou is finally back.]
Come on. You're the one who needs to be resting peacefully!
sighs in taking sides in the was-tutmom-Kiya-or-Nefertiti debate but Kiya sounds more like a ygo
There's also the traitorous, suspicious part of his mind that wonders if those memories are real, or if they're like what happened with Marco's portal, which Atem doesn't trust took people to their homes at all.
But...maybe he'll be able to confirm some of it with people from his world. The Ring-Spirit, or Marik. Cross-reference names, places. And, until then...he nods.]
Kiya.
[He holds Ryou's fingers, is quiet a second.]
I wonder how long it's been, since someone's said her name. I wonder if they found her...
[Maybe her tomb was found, or her name and carvings were on a monument, and Egyptologists talk about her sometimes, and she's just not as famous as Hatshepsut.
Or, maybe it never was, and she's resting quietly somewhere, and this is the first time anyone's given her that kind of power in the afterlife.
....
Weird, to go from not particularly caring about religious practices to feeling like this is significant. Okay. Nope. He's going to think about that more when Ryou is asleep, and not get lost behind his own eyes while Ryou is still here, when Ryou is finally back.]
Come on. You're the one who needs to be resting peacefully!
[He nudges Ryou toward bed.]