[It takes a very long time for Ryou to answer back to that. Just belting out his problems had been hard enough and he'd cycled through simply shutting down and then coming back to reality and just...
Crying. It's not dignified and no one can see him because he's back in his little apartment curled up into a shadow ball, but he wouldn't want anyone to see him anyway.
It feels like an eternity, perhaps, before he gets back to messaging the Ring-Spirit at all, and he did consider not doing so. It's...so much easier to just write it all off as lies and mind-games, right?
But he does respond. Probably after half an hour of breaking down, but he doesn't feel that time.]
because i'm here, aren't i?
instead of home, i'm here. i'm a creature of shadows that devours souls. it's the worst possible outcome for me and no one even understands why.
so this is my reality. a reality of punishment.
that shop became my reality too, but.
i don't
know
okay? i want someone to prove all of this to me and no one can. you can't. yugi can't. the yugi that's here. he can't.
[There's another pause, but this one isn't long enough for the Ring-Spirit to think and respond to.]
i need to ask you two questions. please. even if it makes you angry with me.
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Crying. It's not dignified and no one can see him because he's back in his little apartment curled up into a shadow ball, but he wouldn't want anyone to see him anyway.
It feels like an eternity, perhaps, before he gets back to messaging the Ring-Spirit at all, and he did consider not doing so. It's...so much easier to just write it all off as lies and mind-games, right?
But he does respond. Probably after half an hour of breaking down, but he doesn't feel that time.]
because i'm here, aren't i?
instead of home, i'm here. i'm a creature of shadows that devours souls. it's the worst possible outcome for me and no one even understands why.
so this is my reality. a reality of punishment.
that shop became my reality too, but.
i don't
know
okay? i want someone to prove all of this to me and no one can. you can't. yugi can't. the yugi that's here. he can't.
[There's another pause, but this one isn't long enough for the Ring-Spirit to think and respond to.]
i need to ask you two questions. please. even if it makes you angry with me.