[Joker and Crow- Crow is new to him; recalling the image of Joker and the blond with the skull-shaped mask from before. He wondered briefly over what this other masked idiot might look like in person.] I'm sure I will. [One of them was definitely Ren. There was no denying that one. It seemed like most things from that alternate dimension revolved around Ren, or at least that was the impression Kaiba was getting.] No codename for her? Didn't she get inducted into the club or learn the secret handshake? [.. Or maybe she had no persona, and was roaming around with no defenses of her own]

[Conversely, he's reluctant to put away his dragon when it's been so long since he's been able to summon it]

That's something we have in common. [Admitting that easily enough]

Hey what? [Biting back a sigh, as he tried to give her the courtesy of having time to respond without interruption. What he received he hadn't bargained for] ... [The question felt loaded, and he had admittedly been distracted by the innocent gesture of brushing her hair aside. He really really needed some grounding to stop... whatever these peculiarities were. Say yes? No? Say something] I don't know why you're going in the first place. [A deflection and a weak one at that. She'd literally said there were others she needed to find] Let them find their own way out.. why take that unnecessary risk? [He certainly didn't want to stick his neck out for someone else, and why should she?]

[What.is.this?] Is this reverse psychology? [No don't say that. It was evident from the way she was addressing him that she was being sincere. but why? Why did she want him to go with her? And why did he care?] You ... don't have anything to worry about, nothing is going to happen to me. [Over confidence on his part?] .. Ugh... let's just go. Down. [He guesses]