To be fair, softening the blow from this height does nothing to delay the inevitable; death softened is still death, and the revenant does not get up after impacting the ground.
(Yet.)
He holds on as Thanatos flies higher, a little breathless. Flying with Jingyi takes his breath away every time, and while flying with Thanatos isn't the same, he would still be thrilled if they weren't doing it in an attempt to escape death. He wrenches his focus back to the matter at hand. Thanatos is right - something needs to change. "Maybe we can set up our own equalizer. Can you get to one of the camps?" They never did have that conversation about what Thanatos is capable of, for good reasons, so for now Ryo is flying a bit blind.
no subject
(Yet.)
He holds on as Thanatos flies higher, a little breathless. Flying with Jingyi takes his breath away every time, and while flying with Thanatos isn't the same, he would still be thrilled if they weren't doing it in an attempt to escape death. He wrenches his focus back to the matter at hand. Thanatos is right - something needs to change. "Maybe we can set up our own equalizer. Can you get to one of the camps?" They never did have that conversation about what Thanatos is capable of, for good reasons, so for now Ryo is flying a bit blind.