[ Fed back slowly like this, the weight is easier to bear. It's certainly less of a shock to the system. None of it's entirely new to the Ring-Spirit, although the specific blending of despair and anxiety is still unpleasantly novel. Typically his anxiety comes tied to hope...

He shudders, pulling his wings closer around them, and lets out a shaky, breathy laugh of his own. ]

H-hahah... I only found that life because of you. Before you said it, before I realized you were right, that you and I, that we're family - I'd fully intended to go right back to destroying everything as soon as we got home. That's why I finally tried to tell you then, to not let me go home... I finally wanted to not hurt you more than I wanted to hurt everyone else. Finally realized it.

[ The Ring-Spirit doesn't fight to open their eyes, but he does try to smile weakly. ]

This? It's... I know how this feels. It's nothing new. Mine's usually angrier, that's all.

[ He swallows, struggling to fight through their shared misery. ]

I know these feelings, I've felt it all before, for years - thousands of them. And if I can't stop you from feeling it, at least I can ensure you're not alone with it.