And knowing she had that blind spot was at least half the battle, she supposed. Raine lifted her shoulders a little, a tiny shrug, and let the silence rest until Bakura spoke again.

When he did she turned her eyes back on him, considering. An interesting callback to the earlier thread of their conversation. Not a question she'd been expecting answered. "I think that's something he needs to hear, more than I," Raine said eventually, careful. "And I think he would be relieved, to hear it."

She was too, of course, because in her opinion the two of them could both benefit from understanding each other and repairing the friendship, but that much she kept to herself.