[That was different. That tower had history. He's totally that petty. Aren't you from the future, shouldn't you be over the whole blowing up a tower thing? Like anyone in their right mind is just going to forget such a harrowing experience] I deal with him because I have to. [Not saying whether he agreed with the assessment or not. Duel Monsters was created by Industrial Illusions the association was necessary for Kaiba's aims. Yugi, your grandpa gets kidnapped almost as often as Mokuba does...]

[Kaiba was making too big a deal about it, but he found it uncomfortable to mention just quite how often Yugi or his counterpart might have come up. The mind crush had been included in his nightmares, the battle in his holographic coliseum had been one of the memories shared, and the reunion with Mokuba in Duelist Kingdom where he had thanked this Yugi for the role he played and promised that he would be compensated for as much.. just to list a few.] I wasn't concerned. [He lied but in a flat unwavering tone] Mm. There's no getting entirely around it. Not every memory involved the pair of you. [Some were from before then, in his youth.]

Really well seems like an overstatement considering where I ended up. [He know he lost in that tag duel, but the pharaoh had carried on. He crinkled his nose when Wheeler was included in the praise.] Must have involved duelists you never got to run across in Domino. [Given that assessment] It didn't bear repeating Yugi, I didn't forget whose tournament it was. [Still- he took a moment to digest that truth bomb] Someone must have dropped out and I was on a strict deadline, because otherwise I can't imagine ever doing that. [One day, one day.. he's going to have to acknowledge that Joey isn't a terrible duelist. That day isn't today]