Rights? Don't make me laugh. Rights are lies that people call upon to explain away their own failings. "I can't do it myself, but it's my right." Bullshit like that just makes me sick.

[He lets the ring drop, looking at Ryou with a calm expression on his face... albeit aa dark one.]

It's the purest emptiness in the world. There's no sound, no light. Nothing but my own mind to occupy myself. Time becomes nothing. Even if you cry out, nobody can hear you. Nothing changes. Nothing moves. You begin to wonder if you're really existing.

If it's selfish to take the opportunity to get away from that, then call me selfish.

I'm not doing this to steal anyone's life. If Ryou has something he wants to do, he only has to tell me... and I won't interfere.