[Ryou blinked a few times, in utter disbelief. He was shocked, so much so he could barely find the words to speak. It was as if everything he'd thought about the spirit now--as he was now--felt unjustified.

He really shouldn't be so fast to judge...people change, right? He felt guilty for that.]

You...aren't? I, I guess it's not so bad then. [He brings a hand up to his chest.] As long as you don't get Aniki into trouble, or take over too much...

[Ryou remembered something suddenly, backtracking on his previous guilt and looking at the spirit with meek defiance. As if he wasn't quite sure what to feel.]

But he told me that he woke up with a knife wound, in the hospital! And that he's got a lot of gaps in his memory... You can't control him that much, it's not fair!