[-Is what he says, but when he separates the pieces, he takes the rubies for himself and separates out the diamonds for the other boy. Improvisation and necessity and all that.
More importantly, he's more interested in seeing Kaiba's skills than impressing him with his own ability. Going second works better for that purpose. He sets his own pieces on the board, careful to avoid the marker in case of it is still drying.]
Thank you for indulging me in a... how did you put it? "Archaic and overdone" game.
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[-Is what he says, but when he separates the pieces, he takes the rubies for himself and separates out the diamonds for the other boy. Improvisation and necessity and all that.
More importantly, he's more interested in seeing Kaiba's skills than impressing him with his own ability. Going second works better for that purpose. He sets his own pieces on the board, careful to avoid the marker in case of it is still drying.]
Thank you for indulging me in a... how did you put it? "Archaic and overdone" game.