Seto exhales sharply. It's an unpleasant thought to consider...where would that leave him, if he were to face a different Yugi?

"I'm not going to just revert to being cruel to him. I know better now. But...if I'm overly familiar, won't that confuse him? And if I were to tell him why, he'd never believe it."

He shakes his head. "But moving back to reality, with the people who are here...having almost everyone I'd come to accept leave, willingly or not? It didn't feel great. I had you. But it's too much for one person."