[Atem absolutely thinks he's stepped on some kind of "no, I must be free! I will never be leashed by your computer programs!" chaos thing, when RS tenses and goes silent. He presses his mouth shut, but he stands by his offer, come on, think about it practically--

--and the Ring-Spirit gets to witness Atem's abject confusion and surprise when the question is absolutely not what he expected.]

What? No! I'm definitely present. Full manual control!

[And, actually, he'd be not just worried but a little bothered if someone came up to him inquiring about his wellbeing and then tuned him out.]

Besides, an important conversation like this is no time to check out. I want to remember your answers! It'd be annoying for me to have to ask you to repeat them later.