[They're going to have this conversation with Atem half-on top of Ryou. That's fine. He doesn't mind. It makes it easier for Atem to take the side of Ryou's face, gently, and look deep into him.]
Why aren't you letting yourself have something you like?
[Ryslig's a marathon, not a sprint. (He's been sprinting it, or rather, running a marathon at a sprint's pace, since July.) If you want to last there, and protect your heart, and keep your humanity, you have to find things that make you happy. (He's missed being around his friends, and he's unhappy about it.) If you don't, you start to hate it. (He hates what this place has done to Ryou, and what it will do to Yugi.) You get desperate. (He'd do anything to get them out.)
Giving up something this simple, this easy, something that he's seen Ryou use to comfort himself before...that's a sign that something's much more wrong than Atem suspected. (Is he failing Ryou, too?) So, he's going to reach for an answer.
His eyes flick over Ryou's face, caring, concerned. What's hurting? Is there something you feel bad about? Tell me.]
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[They're going to have this conversation with Atem half-on top of Ryou. That's fine. He doesn't mind. It makes it easier for Atem to take the side of Ryou's face, gently, and look deep into him.]
Why aren't you letting yourself have something you like?
[Ryslig's a marathon, not a sprint. (He's been sprinting it, or rather, running a marathon at a sprint's pace, since July.) If you want to last there, and protect your heart, and keep your humanity, you have to find things that make you happy. (He's missed being around his friends, and he's unhappy about it.) If you don't, you start to hate it. (He hates what this place has done to Ryou, and what it will do to Yugi.) You get desperate. (He'd do anything to get them out.)
Giving up something this simple, this easy, something that he's seen Ryou use to comfort himself before...that's a sign that something's much more wrong than Atem suspected. (Is he failing Ryou, too?) So, he's going to reach for an answer.
His eyes flick over Ryou's face, caring, concerned. What's hurting? Is there something you feel bad about? Tell me.]