[isn't that just adorable. big bad pegasus, utterly at his mercy. he can appreciate that too.]

Do I really? Thought you fancied yourself inscrutable.

[inscrutable and above it all, the mark of a tried and true villain. but there's nothing villainous in the way he treats pegasus here, almost kindly if not for all those skeletons. kaiba keeps on massaging away, working a thumb into a particularly troublesome spot. just as he'd tinker with a chip or solder a tiny piece of metal.]

And I don't make excuses. You of all people know I tell it like it is.

[except when he doesn't, except when he's deep in the doldrums of denial. but he won't mention that either.]

Try not to turn into too much mush, though. I might get bored and just leave you here.