Hearing that...it's not a relief, not exactly, but it's a reassurance. Ryou knows him. Atem likes being known well by Ryou...it's easy for Atem to be himself around him. He likes being known and accepted for who he is. More snakes calm and turn their heads to face Ryou. And, besides that...is he hearing right?]
So...my well-being matters more to you than avenging what was done to you?
[That's...sweet? That's sweet. He shuts his eyes, letting himself feel the warm brush of the thumb against his face as well as the unusual warmth of being cared for as a person, more than for what he represents, or what he can do. Maybe....he didn't fuck this up entirely to hell a minute ago? He smiles.]
Didn't I promise I'd be careful? That I wouldn't let myself get hurt so badly you'd feel you had to take my pain?
I know AM's dangerous! That's why I haven't done much yet. I need to learn more about him, so that when I do make a move, I'm prepared. He's one of those experienced monsters, the ones you get warned away from when you arrive. But I won't feel too bad about killing him...if we can take him at his word, he was a sadistic supercomputer created to torture mankind before coming here. So, any memories he loses of that will probably be an improvement.
[That last bit's half to himself, but when it's over, Atem comes back to the present. Fingers stroke the hair around Ryou's face again.]
But I promised I'd drop it, so I will! You've got medicine you need to take, and I need to call the clinic.
[About half his snakes are still restless, now. It's a marked improvement.]
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Hearing that...it's not a relief, not exactly, but it's a reassurance. Ryou knows him. Atem likes being known well by Ryou...it's easy for Atem to be himself around him. He likes being known and accepted for who he is. More snakes calm and turn their heads to face Ryou. And, besides that...is he hearing right?]
So...my well-being matters more to you than avenging what was done to you?
[That's...sweet? That's sweet. He shuts his eyes, letting himself feel the warm brush of the thumb against his face as well as the unusual warmth of being cared for as a person, more than for what he represents, or what he can do. Maybe....he didn't fuck this up entirely to hell a minute ago? He smiles.]
Didn't I promise I'd be careful? That I wouldn't let myself get hurt so badly you'd feel you had to take my pain?
I know AM's dangerous! That's why I haven't done much yet. I need to learn more about him, so that when I do make a move, I'm prepared. He's one of those experienced monsters, the ones you get warned away from when you arrive. But I won't feel too bad about killing him...if we can take him at his word, he was a sadistic supercomputer created to torture mankind before coming here. So, any memories he loses of that will probably be an improvement.
[That last bit's half to himself, but when it's over, Atem comes back to the present. Fingers stroke the hair around Ryou's face again.]
But I promised I'd drop it, so I will! You've got medicine you need to take, and I need to call the clinic.
[About half his snakes are still restless, now. It's a marked improvement.]