[Oh. Oh, buddy. Oh, these two pieces have very rough edges, don't they -- they're sharp and raw and jagged and every time they try to fit, they get cut, like they've cut one another before, for goodness knows how long.

Ryou wants to fit. The other guy is sure they can't. He's so sure things are damaged beyond repair that it doesn't take much for him to give up and go right back to dramatic cackling and keeping control of the conversation through being as shocking and horrifying as he can, right? He tries, sometimes, to help, but...he's a messed-up soul and knows it and would, it seems, rather die than work to change his relationships.

With their history...it's no wonder Ryou felt so hurt. He'd done something very generous in trying to have a relationship that wasn't being used, and he'd hit not just a wall, but a wall of spikes.

They're all sharp edges and wounds, both of them. There's no undamaged surface left.]

--that's all?

Ryou, you had an argument that turned into a threat, one you even backed down from before you followed through with it. After everything he put you through, you came to make peace, and he made fun of you for it. In a situation like that, no one could blame you for losing your temper!

[Hell, the other Yugi thinks Ryou showed restraint.

But the problem isn't just what the other spirit had said. It's what Ryou discovered he was capable of, what he nearly did.]

It's not the kind of person you want to be, though, is it? The kind that gets angry. The kind that fights back.

[(it's almost a shame that the other Yugi doesn't have a personal point of reference for, "kill me" "maybe I will!" yet. however, since the jury's still out on whether he ever learned anything from that, perhaps it's just as well.)]