[He's trying to stave off panic by latching on to Murphy's words, despite the fact that they haven't been helpful so far, because anything is better than a panic spiral-]
[And they're actually helping now. Oddly enough, it's his Diagad memories that provide context for wifi and radio, but connection he gets. He knew Murphy could communicate with the revenants on his world, but the fact that he's connecting to Ryo the same way...]
[Well, Ryo has started picking up odd things in his Sense that he didn't before, and they're all pertaining to people connected to death. He can't deny what Murphy's saying when he's getting the same thing from his end.]
["Hush, bird," had not gone over well, and while Ryo tries to remember how to breathe, Lagos just ratchets up his yelling. You don't talk to him like that, and you definitely don't talk to Ryo like that! Quit making it worse, you-]
[Which is about when Ryo gets a handle on himself well enough to react and places a hand gently on Lagos's head, effectively quieting him down.]
Lagos, enough.
[He takes a shaky breath and looks up at Murphy.]
What exactly are you getting from me?
[He's nervous - hell, he's scared - but he's not running away. He needs to figure this out, and if he's not going to test his powers on living people - which is not in the plan, regardless of Murphy's particular relation to living - then this is the next best thing.]
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[And they're actually helping now. Oddly enough, it's his Diagad memories that provide context for wifi and radio, but connection he gets. He knew Murphy could communicate with the revenants on his world, but the fact that he's connecting to Ryo the same way...]
[Well, Ryo has started picking up odd things in his Sense that he didn't before, and they're all pertaining to people connected to death. He can't deny what Murphy's saying when he's getting the same thing from his end.]
["Hush, bird," had not gone over well, and while Ryo tries to remember how to breathe, Lagos just ratchets up his yelling. You don't talk to him like that, and you definitely don't talk to Ryo like that! Quit making it worse, you-]
[Which is about when Ryo gets a handle on himself well enough to react and places a hand gently on Lagos's head, effectively quieting him down.]
Lagos, enough.
[He takes a shaky breath and looks up at Murphy.]
What exactly are you getting from me?
[He's nervous - hell, he's scared - but he's not running away. He needs to figure this out, and if he's not going to test his powers on living people - which is not in the plan, regardless of Murphy's particular relation to living - then this is the next best thing.]