This may not be going well, but it is certainly going. Ryo sighs as Thanatos pulls Mort away. "Alright." He can't really argue with that logic, and at least Thanatos seems to be keeping Mort with him. It's a step, right?

(Every time he tries to help Thanatos, things end up worse than before. What is wrong with him?)

"I think," he says quietly to Lagos, after Thanatos has left, "that you owe Mort an apology. For upsetting him, and also for calling him cheese butt." By the gods, what is his life?

Lagos grumbles - Mort started it! - but eventually acquiesces. Yeah, yeah, Ryo is right. Next time they see each other, he'll apologize.