Automatically, Bakura's gaze flicked down to the gold gemmed ring that was his soul jewelry, before back up to regard Valdis. But he hadn't had any issues with the container for his soul (either of them, insofar as he knew) and so his shoulders rolled in a slow shrug.

"I don't know," he replied. "I haven't done anything differently. Perhaps the shadow magic is reacting to Kaiba being here."