[Right. It's good that Ryou trusts Atem so implicitly. That's going to make this much, much easier. With a soft exhale, Giorno relaxes, fixing his posture and nodding back at Atem before closing his eyes.]
[Steve asked him once if he had any senses as a monster that he hadn't had before. It was then that he explained the expansive sense that is Gold Experience, the feeling of being able to feel the pulse of every living thing around him, the push of sap and thrum of blood, the feeling of connection. Being in Ryslig in comparison was like being blind for so long. But now it's just a little easier. Because when he closes his eyes and reaches out for Ryou, there he is. That strange body doing its best to heal and struggling against bindings that were meant to help.]
[Giorno doesn't have to open his eyes to find Ryou's hand, to take hold of it in both of his own, a mirror of Atem's actions on the other side of the shade's prone form. When he speaks, it's for Ryou's benefit in the event that he can truly hear now, and for Atem's in the event that he can't, or that only Atem's reassurances will do anything to calm him.]
I'm going to do this as quickly as possible. Squeeze my hand as hard as you need to. It will hurt, but then you'll feel better.
[So saying, he reaches through the alive-but-not regenerating form of Ryou's body and begins his work. Eyes still closed, brows drawn tight in focus. He takes this so seriously. The process starts uncomfortable rather than painful and doesn't look like much of anything, but that's because of the state of Ryou's skin. It's not right, so Giorno has to change it. It's only once it's a bit more flexible, more elastic, more alive that he's able to slowly but surely coax it to grow over Ryou's exposed skull.]
[And so on from there. He wasn't lying: it hurts. A lot. But he's also very, very efficient. If he's not interrupted, the whole process will take something like five minutes.]
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[Steve asked him once if he had any senses as a monster that he hadn't had before. It was then that he explained the expansive sense that is Gold Experience, the feeling of being able to feel the pulse of every living thing around him, the push of sap and thrum of blood, the feeling of connection. Being in Ryslig in comparison was like being blind for so long. But now it's just a little easier. Because when he closes his eyes and reaches out for Ryou, there he is. That strange body doing its best to heal and struggling against bindings that were meant to help.]
[Giorno doesn't have to open his eyes to find Ryou's hand, to take hold of it in both of his own, a mirror of Atem's actions on the other side of the shade's prone form. When he speaks, it's for Ryou's benefit in the event that he can truly hear now, and for Atem's in the event that he can't, or that only Atem's reassurances will do anything to calm him.]
I'm going to do this as quickly as possible. Squeeze my hand as hard as you need to. It will hurt, but then you'll feel better.
[So saying, he reaches through the alive-but-not regenerating form of Ryou's body and begins his work. Eyes still closed, brows drawn tight in focus. He takes this so seriously. The process starts uncomfortable rather than painful and doesn't look like much of anything, but that's because of the state of Ryou's skin. It's not right, so Giorno has to change it. It's only once it's a bit more flexible, more elastic, more alive that he's able to slowly but surely coax it to grow over Ryou's exposed skull.]
[And so on from there. He wasn't lying: it hurts. A lot. But he's also very, very efficient. If he's not interrupted, the whole process will take something like five minutes.]