In the sand. I went there with Anubis. W- We bumped into Nine and then... and then, jeez, [ shakes his head. ] he tried to make us fight.
[ stares at his hand, because he can't catch knives. ] He said a bunch of stuff and- and I don't remember much of it. My head's all messed up. I can barely think straight.
[ realizes he's rambling so tries to refocus. ]
And then you were there. I know what I did. I know what I saw. W- With the knife and the sword and... [ grabs at his face and loses himself to all the crying. ] King I'm sorry! I'm no partner.
[ reaches for king's face and tugs him close so the two of them are now forehead to forehead. shuts his eyes and tries to calm himself long enough to say, ]
But it was so real.
[ he's going to have to cling to the possibility that it was just a bunch of bullshit, because otherwise he's going to be useless this entire round. ]
I trust you.
[ so he'll say that again. he's as good to go as he'll ever be. ]
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[ going to sputter a bunch of nonsense for half a minute before he's able to make a coherent thought. and coherent is still kind of a stretch. ]
I stabbed you. K- Killed you.
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[ ???????????!?!?!?!?!?!? His tone is slipping into truly alarmed now. ]
Yugi, I haven't seen any sand. I was in a room with hundreds of bridges the entire time. This is the first I've even seen you!
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[ stares at his hand, because he can't catch knives. ] He said a bunch of stuff and- and I don't remember much of it. My head's all messed up. I can barely think straight.
[ realizes he's rambling so tries to refocus. ]
And then you were there. I know what I did. I know what I saw. W- With the knife and the sword and... [ grabs at his face and loses himself to all the crying. ] King I'm sorry! I'm no partner.
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He reaches out to firmly take Yugi's face in both of his hands. ]
Partner, listen to me. Do you trust me?
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...of course, but how you could ever trust me again I'll never know.
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[ It's said very firmly, like there's no doubt at all in his mind. ]
It was- an illusion, or a mirage, or something else. I've only been in one round so far, and I didn't encounter your group. You never hurt me.
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[ reaches for king's face and tugs him close so the two of them are now forehead to forehead. shuts his eyes and tries to calm himself long enough to say, ]
But it was so real.
[ he's going to have to cling to the possibility that it was just a bunch of bullshit, because otherwise he's going to be useless this entire round. ]
I trust you.
[ so he'll say that again. he's as good to go as he'll ever be. ]
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[ He reaches for Yugi's hands to give them a brief squeeze, then pulls them both to their feet. ]
Come with us.
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Alright. But... Sunshine can come too, right? I don't want to leave him here.
[ noticed he'd made his way to dead center too. ]
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