Her words actually causes him to stop for a moment, because her question threw into stark relief that no, that wasn't typical for him. Bakura had always been curious, or nosy (depending on the person describing) about most things. Not just their use, but their purpose, why something did this, why a person said that.
On one hand, there was always the aspect that one day he might use whatever he learned to his advantage, but on the other, it was just a desire to learn something.
Yet that drive had been missing lately, since his unwilling return to Keeliai, and although he'd known --distantly, abstractly, in the back of his mind -- that it wasn't there, having the change called out so plainly was still a surprise. He just didn't care now, and it wasn't a voluntary disregard.
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On one hand, there was always the aspect that one day he might use whatever he learned to his advantage, but on the other, it was just a desire to learn something.
Yet that drive had been missing lately, since his unwilling return to Keeliai, and although he'd known --distantly, abstractly, in the back of his mind -- that it wasn't there, having the change called out so plainly was still a surprise. He just didn't care now, and it wasn't a voluntary disregard.
Even having it challenged didn't spark anything.
"... so it seems, anymore."