[At least it's not twenty percent of his limbs. If just fingers makes Ryou nervous...Atem can hear that nervousness. He puts a hand on Ryou's upper arm, solid if not warm.]

It doesn't have to involve mutilation if you don't want it to.

[A ?sweet? thing to say? Anyway. He flicks the knife back in its handle and pockets it.]

But, if you want some practice being scary...

[He thinks, this is a game.]

...then, I'd be happy to help. Tonight, or another time!

[He thinks, the humans are being put in our way so we can play right.]

We could walk home, and see where what we see takes us.

[He thinks, if this is a viable way to tier up, then we'll come across something we can use.]