[ The Ring-Spirit stops at the offer, first simply taken off-guard and then having to considering things. After some thinking, he makes a troubled noise. ]
...Maybe. If you don't leave.
[ Damnit, he wishes he didn't need to admit that much. If he's going to let Atem help him though... well, he has to let him actually help, doesn't he? Which means getting around to the reason WHY he can't sleep the way he usually manages.
The Ring-Spirit shifts slightly, eyes now avoiding Atem's. His talons tink metallically against one another as he uneasily knits and reknits his long fingers. ]
It's... embarrassing. Fucker got bored, had to help me stab him right. So, yeah, I hate thinking about it, but it's... something to think about. A distraction.
...Not what's keeping me up.
[ He hesitates, and mutters under his breath to himself as he tries to figure out the least embarrassing way to put things: ]
It's so stupid... I won't - I know I won't wake up there, it's done, he wouldn't have let me die if he wasn't done...
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Date: 2022-07-04 02:38 am (UTC)...Maybe. If you don't leave.
[ Damnit, he wishes he didn't need to admit that much. If he's going to let Atem help him though... well, he has to let him actually help, doesn't he? Which means getting around to the reason WHY he can't sleep the way he usually manages.
The Ring-Spirit shifts slightly, eyes now avoiding Atem's. His talons tink metallically against one another as he uneasily knits and reknits his long fingers. ]
It's... embarrassing. Fucker got bored, had to help me stab him right. So, yeah, I hate thinking about it, but it's... something to think about. A distraction.
...Not what's keeping me up.
[ He hesitates, and mutters under his breath to himself as he tries to figure out the least embarrassing way to put things: ]
It's so stupid... I won't - I know I won't wake up there, it's done, he wouldn't have let me die if he wasn't done...