[ ...Except. He does understand, doesn't he. He can't stop dwelling on those last few days with his village, after they'd clawed their way into his back, after they started whispering. Words. Kul Elna didn't talk, it was weird... Just that there were words was enough to set him on edge, it really didn't help when those started getting coherent...
He doesn't want to understand, but he does.
And if he's like this, it's - ok lets be real here, he saw that shade-tantrum, Ryou's not doing good. Especially after that idiot priest got on his case.
The Ring-Spirit isn't sure how bad, exactly, things are, but. ...Ryou is more fragile than he is. Ryou hasn't dealt with the shit the Ring-Spirit has, Ryou isn't ancient, Ryou's not any measure of god, evil or otherwise - the Ring-Spirit can survive more damage than his landlord, it's just facts right. So... he should intervene somehow, redirect. Keep his fragile host (ex-host) in one piece for another day, at the cost of just a little more pain. Same principle as taking the dragon's attack, right?
How though. ]
What do I do, fuck.
[ He knows he doesn't need Ryou at this point. He's... just attached, he doesn't want to give up anything he sees as his. A while ago he would have needed to justify this way more to himself. He's the Darkness, after all - the Great Evil God... and the Thief-King was honestly more of a misanthrope - but after getting his village back (even if only "sorta"), and losing them again... He doesn't want to give up anything else.
That's all.
Getting his village back, and then the whispering. They whispered for days. Words. Sentences. Shit he didn't want to listen to. Shit he didn't need to think about. Anything and everything - whatever it'd take to MAKE him consume them.
And since he couldn't, he sat there and listened. And then lost them again anyway.
He doesn't know what to do, but he also doesn't want to lose anyone else. Not... right now.
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He doesn't want to understand, but he does.
And if he's like this, it's - ok lets be real here, he saw that shade-tantrum, Ryou's not doing good. Especially after that idiot priest got on his case.
The Ring-Spirit isn't sure how bad, exactly, things are, but. ...Ryou is more fragile than he is. Ryou hasn't dealt with the shit the Ring-Spirit has, Ryou isn't ancient, Ryou's not any measure of god, evil or otherwise - the Ring-Spirit can survive more damage than his landlord, it's just facts right. So... he should intervene somehow, redirect. Keep his fragile host (ex-host) in one piece for another day, at the cost of just a little more pain. Same principle as taking the dragon's attack, right?
How though. ]
What do I do, fuck.
[ He knows he doesn't need Ryou at this point. He's... just attached, he doesn't want to give up anything he sees as his. A while ago he would have needed to justify this way more to himself. He's the Darkness, after all - the Great Evil God... and the Thief-King was honestly more of a misanthrope - but after getting his village back (even if only "sorta"), and losing them again... He doesn't want to give up anything else.
That's all.
Getting his village back, and then the whispering. They whispered for days. Words. Sentences. Shit he didn't want to listen to. Shit he didn't need to think about. Anything and everything - whatever it'd take to MAKE him consume them.
And since he couldn't, he sat there and listened. And then lost them again anyway.
He doesn't know what to do, but he also doesn't want to lose anyone else. Not... right now.
...Not ever.
The fuck does he do. ]