[kaiba fixes atem with a withered stare. he's more than accustomed to differing timelines; he had spoken with pegasus at some length about it. so it's not hard to figure out what's going on here. but he's tired, and his expression as well as his tone reflects that -- painfully dour and almost tangibly heavy.]

Yugi's here. He lives with me. Kisara and that crappy excuse for a priest are here too.

[at least one thing will be familiar to atem: the bitterness that drips in like a sieve.]

The faster you finish, the sooner you can see them. Then you can go right back to blowing off.