[not that he immediately discounts what he's saying. kaiba was kaiba, and thus still very much an asshole, but he's long since learned to cool his jets -- at least long enough to listen. he does sense something a little different about manjoume, even if he was otherwise unremarkable, so he decides to entertain the shift in subject as bets are made.]
Just so you're aware, everyone gets drawn in from different times and different places here. So if you think you're about to shock me with some stunning revelation of who I was or wasn't, think again. I don't care about who I am to you. You, to put it bluntly, are irrelevant.
[he's not even being rude. not this time, anyway. just painfully direct.]
I am nothing more and nothing less than myself. And that's all I'll ever be, in this world or any other.
no subject
[not that he immediately discounts what he's saying. kaiba was kaiba, and thus still very much an asshole, but he's long since learned to cool his jets -- at least long enough to listen. he does sense something a little different about manjoume, even if he was otherwise unremarkable, so he decides to entertain the shift in subject as bets are made.]
Just so you're aware, everyone gets drawn in from different times and different places here. So if you think you're about to shock me with some stunning revelation of who I was or wasn't, think again. I don't care about who I am to you. You, to put it bluntly, are irrelevant.
[he's not even being rude. not this time, anyway. just painfully direct.]
I am nothing more and nothing less than myself. And that's all I'll ever be, in this world or any other.