[No. They never will understand. Ryou's sure of it. Sometimes he wonders...is it worth it to make friends here? Is...anything worth the effort expended?
...Atem is. He always has been. This is for him. Of course it is...and maybe later on Ryou will look back on these thoughts and understand how wrong they are and that he had friends here all along to depend on but this isn't the right time for it.
Now is the time to stay close to the person he cares about most in the world and understand that everyone out there is wrong and cruel. His violence was only the necessary payment for something to protect...to strengthen.]
I'd kill more...if it meant we wouldn't die again. I'll protect our memories.
[He says it quietly, but there's a coldness in his voice. Something ugly and dark and angry. That's the monster that he is, reminding him what he should be doing, rather than what he's chosen to do.]
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...Atem is. He always has been. This is for him. Of course it is...and maybe later on Ryou will look back on these thoughts and understand how wrong they are and that he had friends here all along to depend on but this isn't the right time for it.
Now is the time to stay close to the person he cares about most in the world and understand that everyone out there is wrong and cruel. His violence was only the necessary payment for something to protect...to strengthen.]
I'd kill more...if it meant we wouldn't die again. I'll protect our memories.
[He says it quietly, but there's a coldness in his voice. Something ugly and dark and angry. That's the monster that he is, reminding him what he should be doing, rather than what he's chosen to do.]