[Okay, maybe he should chill with the flashy displays and magic tricks, but it's the only way he knows how to actually make it appear. It's not so much a simple... pull it out of your pocket and attach it to your face kind of deal, here.]

It ain't gonna hurt you, dude.

[There's a sideways smile that he flashes at his friend, still holding it out if he wants to examine it. There's energy inside it that buzzes, linked to Ryuji's own cognitive perception of himself- the source of his own magic powers. Or, rather-]

It's weakened a lot, though. It seems like it's either runnin' out of juice, which doesn't make sense, or there's some sorta threshold limitation placed on it. I dunno, I just know that I can't really do that much with it anymore.

Buuut... it does look kinda cool.

[Ryuji is a little nervous here, too, this is sort of... literally bearing his soul to Hajime. If he thinks it's ugly or stupid or terrifying, then he feels like it's probably going to miss the mark of what it's supposed to symbolize.]

When this all started... I guess I kinda thought that what rebellion really meant was being a pirate. Y'know, sailing the seas, plundering, freedom. All that shit. So my symbol's the skull from the skull and bones flag.