[Ryou takes a few steps back, giving the man more space to run away. Part of him wants to give chase, just because he knows that he could catch the human, and maybe it'd be fun. They're having fun, right?

...Right?

He shakes his head when Atem asks him the very thing he's pondering about, and awkwardly starts fussing with a bit of his hair.]

H-hahaha...perhaps not. But I won't lie and say that wasn't an interesting game.

[After saying that, Ryou immediately realizes how weird it might sound coming from him.]

I mean--that we could see...how long he could tolerate being threatened. We didn't hurt him or anything, but we could have. Fear, it's what the Fog values, right? I'd rather scare a human, maybe rough them up a bit, than kill them outright.

[Maybe...that's how he gets through this. Maybe he can raise himself up by scaring people, rather than killing them. Would the Fog allow it? He's...not sure.]