Have you ever actually bothered to listen to me before?
[Really, they haven't talked much outside of games — either here or back home. Why should they? They're not friends, and even Ryou had always been on the fringes of Yugi's friend group: sometimes included, sometimes not. And Bakura truly doubts that Atem would have honestly listened to what he had to say anyway. Even now it surprises him that Atem's listening to his words and ideas and not just dismissing the sound of his voice, and he chalks it up to the exhaustion from the injuries.]
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[Really, they haven't talked much outside of games — either here or back home. Why should they? They're not friends, and even Ryou had always been on the fringes of Yugi's friend group: sometimes included, sometimes not. And Bakura truly doubts that Atem would have honestly listened to what he had to say anyway. Even now it surprises him that Atem's listening to his words and ideas and not just dismissing the sound of his voice, and he chalks it up to the exhaustion from the injuries.]