[Nothing she says really absolves him of guilt, but he keeps up the farce] I hadn't taken it off the table.. [out loud, just internally.] Something about.. how did you put it? [Glancing past her to Iwa briefly, then back again] Ah yes, my being a 'self-righteous asshole'. Even after I tried to smooth things over and everything. [Ann might have been able to see through this, but in this case nothing he said had been wholly inaccurate. He did, in theory, try to patch things up, and Iwa 100% called him an asshole]

[Kaiba felt confident that no matter what was said, he'd get the desired results. There was no risk of capitulation on this, it would just serve to make the other teen look like a jerk]

[The way she brightens up to the compliment, bothers him a bit.] You mean- you'll be meeting up with the team, right? [Just looking for clarification.]