[Ryou hears the request, but doesn't give into it.]
It doesn't matter, this is--it's proof. It's proof that the only good thing I can do is take people's hurt and lock it away. And when I'm around people--even you--something about me makes them hurt. S-so, I...I'm made this way.
[He squeezes their eyes shut, almost painfully, and curls up on the ground, hands over his head. Metallic claws prick against their scalp, because Ryou's not used to such rigid claws, but he can't help it.]
If I give it back...it's going to have mine too...
cw; self deprecation like damn boi. let the ps5 have his emotions back.
It doesn't matter, this is--it's proof. It's proof that the only good thing I can do is take people's hurt and lock it away. And when I'm around people--even you--something about me makes them hurt. S-so, I...I'm made this way.
[He squeezes their eyes shut, almost painfully, and curls up on the ground, hands over his head. Metallic claws prick against their scalp, because Ryou's not used to such rigid claws, but he can't help it.]
If I give it back...it's going to have mine too...