When the cobwebs eventually clear, and Ryou comes back to the now, he comes to the realization that this can't keep going on. The Ring-Spirit is right that this isn't his fault.
Ryou Bakura exists not as the woodworker, but as the young man who recently graduated and shortly thereafter, got pulled into a hell-peninsula where he turned into that which he hated most. Being a Shade is miserable, and he will never resolve the guilt and self-hate that devouring others' souls causes him.
But...that is still him. One doesn't supersede the other. He will have to square with that.
So, he takes a deep, shuddering breath and begins to type. Slow and deliberate, but a little more normal.]
Maybe we can talk about what you meant about finding a way to leave later.
Right now I just need you to know that I'll be okay. I think you need to know that as much as I needed to know it. You've got a very aggressive way of getting your point across but it is noted. And I need you to know that I'm not sorry for how I felt, but...I am sorry for laying it all out on you.
I mean.
You know I compartmentalize better than that. But I guess I have limits.
[It took him a while to get his head on at least partly straight, but that sounds a little more normal. Not 100% back to Ryou, because if it was, he wouldn't be so subdued and conversational with the Ring-Spirit. But...you know. Shit happens.]
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Ryou Bakura exists not as the woodworker, but as the young man who recently graduated and shortly thereafter, got pulled into a hell-peninsula where he turned into that which he hated most. Being a Shade is miserable, and he will never resolve the guilt and self-hate that devouring others' souls causes him.
But...that is still him. One doesn't supersede the other. He will have to square with that.
So, he takes a deep, shuddering breath and begins to type. Slow and deliberate, but a little more normal.]
Maybe we can talk about what you meant about finding a way to leave later.
Right now I just need you to know that I'll be okay. I think you need to know that as much as I needed to know it. You've got a very aggressive way of getting your point across but it is noted. And I need you to know that I'm not sorry for how I felt, but...I am sorry for laying it all out on you.
I mean.
You know I compartmentalize better than that. But I guess I have limits.
[It took him a while to get his head on at least partly straight, but that sounds a little more normal. Not 100% back to Ryou, because if it was, he wouldn't be so subdued and conversational with the Ring-Spirit. But...you know. Shit happens.]
Thank you. I mean it.