"About a year and a half. Atem recovered his name and memories, and immediately after, he was somehow forced to duel Yugi to determine if he would stay or go. Apparently Yugi won, and he left this world..."

He still frowned every time he said that. Even knowing what had come later, it still irked him that the pharaoh had just up and left without a word, even if it hadn't been his choice.

"A year later, I tried to find the puzzle and bring him back. Another group of lunatics was out to stop me because they'd lose their powers if I brought the pharaoh back, or some nonsense like that. Long story short, he came back one last time to save us, I forged...some kind of truce with Yugi, and then I ended up here because I was full of magic. Because it was always going to end that way."

He grunted and shook his head. "I know I should have looked for you too. It wasn't until I got here that I started to realize what I was missing."