Bakura pursed his lips briefly, but shook his head and took a sip of his coffee, barely wincing at the high temperature. He didn't know what could be causing whatever it was that Valdis was seeing, and he felt no different than he did, only more tired... but that was hardly something that would register on his soul.
Instead, he swallowed and then answered her other question. "Seto Kaiba is the reincarnation of the High Priest Set, part of the Pharaoh's court of my time, and who was one of the strongest users of shadow magic to live."
Which was not an inconsiderable nod to the level of talent, from Bakura. The thief scoffed a moment later, however. "Not that Kaiba will admit it, of course. He's ready to deny it to his dying breath, in fact. As I'm sure you noticed from his introduction on the network, he'd sooner yatet im-maseheh than acknowledge magic exists, or whose soul his resembles."
A faint curl of a scowl. "He even goes so far as to persist in saying I'm nothing but a splinter personality of Ryou's, and the same for the Pharaoh of Yuugi."
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Instead, he swallowed and then answered her other question. "Seto Kaiba is the reincarnation of the High Priest Set, part of the Pharaoh's court of my time, and who was one of the strongest users of shadow magic to live."
Which was not an inconsiderable nod to the level of talent, from Bakura. The thief scoffed a moment later, however. "Not that Kaiba will admit it, of course. He's ready to deny it to his dying breath, in fact. As I'm sure you noticed from his introduction on the network, he'd sooner yatet im-maseheh than acknowledge magic exists, or whose soul his resembles."
A faint curl of a scowl. "He even goes so far as to persist in saying I'm nothing but a splinter personality of Ryou's, and the same for the Pharaoh of Yuugi."