[Ryou doesn't seem convinced by that response, but he eases back, because he's not going to press the issue while the Ring-Spirit feels like warmed-over garbage. Instead, he extends his feathered wing, brushing against the spirit's arm.]

And here I thought you didn't like when people played their stories by the dice. That's not really making a character, it's just depending on probability.

[It's an attempt to lighten things a bit.]