The thanks was unexpected; Bakura didn't think he'd done anything particularly worthy of appreciation. Still, it was nice to hear, perhaps because of its unexpectedness.

"Yeah," he answered. "Well, sometimes it helps, knowing someone else gets it. I take it you don't spend so much time around others here?"

After all, he was out about the city fairly regularly, and he didn't recall ever seeing her in casual passing-- and she did somewhat stick out.