...that...makes a lot of sense. Ryou hits precisely the right notes, going from logic to acknowledgment of cold reality to reminding him that he does have friends to lean on, and that that's a source of strength.
The other Yugi doesn't think of himself as getting tired. That's something that happens to other people. But he's also used to being able to share the load of being a living person with someone else and only coming out to take care of the battles. He can't tag out and rest anymore, and he....hasn't thought of himself as needing to. But, of course, of course that'll happen, right? He'll be less effective if he's exhausted.
And he is tired. He has been working, and working alone, and it's...it's always nice to be reminded that he isn't. That's one of his favorite feelings in the world -- when he realizes there are other people by his side, who will fight with him. The Millennium Puzzle's power is unity; that means he's strongest when he's not alone.
He shuts his eyes, huffs a breath, and gives a tiny I've-been-an-idiot smile. Then, the other Yugi looks back up.]
Of course.
Of course we're friends, Bakura!
[it was silly, very silly of him to not count on that sooner.]
You're right -- if I spend all my time preparing for the worst, I'll be too tired to fight. I've still got things I want to do, but...they don't all have to happen right now.
And I don't have to do it alone. I know I can count on you.
[The next part kind of slips out, without him meaning for it to.]
Heh...I guess I'll have to figure out how to rest for myself...
[aw, shit. oops! that's a very weird way to put it when you are definitely a whole person and not a fragment of someone's soul / something that was in the puzzle]
Sorry! I know that's a weird thing to say, but it's the truth. I don't know...how I decompress. I've never had to!
[He totally thinks Bakura doesn't know about there being two Yugis. He figures the guy won't ask.]
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...that...makes a lot of sense. Ryou hits precisely the right notes, going from logic to acknowledgment of cold reality to reminding him that he does have friends to lean on, and that that's a source of strength.
The other Yugi doesn't think of himself as getting tired. That's something that happens to other people. But he's also used to being able to share the load of being a living person with someone else and only coming out to take care of the battles. He can't tag out and rest anymore, and he....hasn't thought of himself as needing to. But, of course, of course that'll happen, right? He'll be less effective if he's exhausted.
And he is tired. He has been working, and working alone, and it's...it's always nice to be reminded that he isn't. That's one of his favorite feelings in the world -- when he realizes there are other people by his side, who will fight with him. The Millennium Puzzle's power is unity; that means he's strongest when he's not alone.
He shuts his eyes, huffs a breath, and gives a tiny I've-been-an-idiot smile. Then, the other Yugi looks back up.]
Of course.
Of course we're friends, Bakura!
[it was silly, very silly of him to not count on that sooner.]
You're right -- if I spend all my time preparing for the worst, I'll be too tired to fight. I've still got things I want to do, but...they don't all have to happen right now.
And I don't have to do it alone. I know I can count on you.
[The next part kind of slips out, without him meaning for it to.]
Heh...I guess I'll have to figure out how to rest for myself...
[aw, shit. oops! that's a very weird way to put it when you are definitely a whole person and not a fragment of someone's soul / something that was in the puzzle]
Sorry! I know that's a weird thing to say, but it's the truth. I don't know...how I decompress. I've never had to!
[He totally thinks Bakura doesn't know about there being two Yugis. He figures the guy won't ask.]