[ yugi chooses to end the spell at that very moment, so their benches are set back down on the ground. he crosses the space in between them a takes a seat alongside kaiba, though he doesn’t immediately look up at him. ]

We don’t have to think about that right now, Kaiba. You’ll only make yourself crazy. What’s going to happen... it’s going to happen no matter what... but that’s not necessarily a bad thing. [ he grasps the front of his robe, fingers tangling in the material. like kaiba, it’s a reflex, since he used to look to the puzzle for strength. ] We can make the most of this, all of us, to talk through the problems we had with the way things went down. I don’t really think anybody... [ he pushes his hand closer, nails digging in so the pain keeps him grounded. ]

We’ll talk. We’ll all talk. A lot of things were mistakenly left unsaid.