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[denyamenti]

I'm starting to think these World Turtles have a fascination with using people's souls as cosmic currency in some way or another.

[ Someone's grouchier than usual today. And apparently uncaring about the hypocrisy of him presenting this particular argument. ]

That's the only reason I can think of for why they're continually attaching ours to some kind of tangible reminder: first lanterns, then jewels, now being marked like a gods-damned heifer at market.

At least no one should be able to swallow these tattoos, unlike the gems-- and before anyone asks, yes, that's a thing someone tried once.

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[prana]

Have there? (It seems polite enough to encourage discussion as she steps in without restraint. While it may give the (wrong) impression, that she's confident in facing him, it's due to the security of her own powers. If he moves to strike her, surely by now she can teleport out of harm's way and reprimand him for being a poor host.

... though perhaps she should choose another word other than host.)

What happened to the others? They didn't arrive with you?

(No one came with her, but the world was vast. Who knows who else may be here that she doesn't recognize?)

[denyamenti]

[ 'Host' is most certainly a loaded word. ]

What others are you referring to?

[ and then, since it was likely that he'd end up answering the same either way, he added: ]

I arrived here-- this world, by myself.

[ Which had frankly suited him just fine. ]

[prana]

As did I. (Truth be told, she thought she was the only person until he made that call.

Sera busies herself with looking around with tiny steps, taking in what little features there are to the room.)

You were with the others so I thought... (She shrugs, the vague remark left without any further context as she pauses.)

You have it with you, don't you?

[denyamenti]

[ There's not much; he hasn't bothered to put much of a personal mark on the room given that he doesn't intend to stay, and like most of them, he doesn't have much in the way of possessions at the moment anyway. He fixes her with a flat stare. ]

Did your master not teach you how to speak in complete sentences, or are you just being annoying on purpose?

[prana]

(She's a kid. Hasn't he had his fill of speaking with them by now?)

It wasn't important commentary to conclude, but since you insist: you were spending time with the ones my brother was watching over. The high school students.

(That's still vague, so she'll just go ahead and say it:) Yugi.

[denyamenti]

[ That's interesting phrasing; anyone watching over Yuugi and his cadre should have attracted the thief's attention, but it hadn't. ]

None of them are here.

[ and then, coldly: ]

Why do you have a piece of the Puzzle?

[prana]

(That's a distinct change in tone. Sera shifts a bit in place, having took note of it almost immediately. She doesn't reach for the piece or anything, though she's intrigued that he knows it's with her and that it's only a fragment.)

It's to keep the Pharaoh from returning. (Can't return if the Puzzle is incomplete... or so her brother is betting on.

Though she did want to give it to Yugi, though she decides that's information not worth surrendering just yet.)

[denyamenti]

[ It had taken him a bit to figure out what the Ring was picking up on, and like Sera, he knew better than to tip his hand too early. But he doesn't make any effort to hide the suspicion and confusion at her remark. ]

What do you mean, from returning?

[prana]

(She thought it was a fairly obvious statement. He left, and that fool Seto was doing everything in his power to tear through dimensions in order to bring him back.)

He left. (Admittedly she doesn't know much more than that.)

It's my brother's fear that if the Puzzle is reassembled, that he will return.

[denyamenti]

[ He stares at her for a moment, although it's easy to tell that his mind is still turning a mile a minute. And then, abruptly, he begins to laugh. ]

Then it's possible to open the Gate again. Here I thought you'd bring me trouble, but you bring me good news instead.