[The other Yugi does wonder about that, about why their mutual tabletopping acquaintance won't leave Ryou be, now that he's got his own feathery body and is able to act independently. From what the other Yugi understands, that being treated Ryou horribly as an other-self -- doing bad things to his friends, leaving Ryou with no memories of the incident, not working together at all. But, not leaving him alone, trying to help as best he knows how -- that sounds like Ringu, who considered Ryou one of his people.

Is it possible that things changed, at some point? Is it possible that that changed here?

He can't say he'd treat Yugi any differently, if Yugi arrived and told him that in the future, he'd done something terrible, and Yugi hated him. He'd keep trying, trying to help, trying to make sure Yugi would be all right, even if he couldn't do it expertly...

But enough about that.]

There's plenty of space for it in there.

[He tilts his head to indicate the apartment's third room, the one he'd dropped the bingo-coffin into to act as storage and a decoy for any vampire hunters who got any bright ideas.]

I think you should do it. Even if you never play, having a Monster World board's going to be better than not having one. And if working on it makes you feel better, then it's worth it for that reason alone!

[Yugi would never have solved the Millennium Puzzle if he had turned away from little things that made him feel better just because he had bigger problems. In Ryslig, your sanity, not your life, is your most vital resource, so having something to restore it, to re-connect you with your humanity, is eminently practical.]