[Mental and emotional wounds...those are just as real, just as serious, as physical ones. This is an invisible wound. He knows it was Ryou's choice to do this. But it wouldn't have come down to making that move if the other Yugi hadn't ended up in such a bad position, had solved it himself.

It was kind of Ryou to do this. And the other Yugi hasn't talked with the Ring-Spirit yet about how this is a pattern for the guy.]

Ryou, I...

...of course it helped. You turned a horrible death into a peaceful one. I passed away surrounded by my friends, knowing that you'd won, and the thing that had been in me wouldn't hurt anyone else.

[It was a consolation he hadn't deserved. He'll make eye contact, if he can -- what Ryou gave him was incredibly valuable, and he won't forget it.]

But before you go doing it again, we should find out what these effects you're experiencing are, and how long-term they'll be.