[The other Kaiba exhibited great control in not lashing out either physically or more emphatically, but it went underappreciated.]
Correction. It means nothing- to you. I haven't forgotten who I am, or what it took to get there. I might be temporarily cut off from those resources but I haven't lost anything. I still have the drive, the intelligence, and the tenacity to succeed anywhere without making concessions. It's not just about money and power but attitude and convictions. The setting might change but the inherent nature of people, doesn't. You're setting yourself up for a hard fall believing that it's any different. The only person you can depend on is yourself.
Or you could gain that knowledge anyway, and respect in the process.
[He'd made it his business to keep informed on the comings and goings of the void and he didn't feel as if his information network had been lacking. Kaiba had managed to learn about future technology without needing to kowtow]
[There's a sufficient pause after that last line]
You better not be waiting for some impassioned entreaty where I beg you to stay because that's not going to happen. [Friends, please. How the mighty have fallen]
I'll find my own way. [When he thought the other him was no longer listening he expelled a huff] .. and when I get back to Havenwell, Ann and I will make a detour to Domino. We'll see just who makes it back to Mokuba first..
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Correction. It means nothing- to you. I haven't forgotten who I am, or what it took to get there. I might be temporarily cut off from those resources but I haven't lost anything. I still have the drive, the intelligence, and the tenacity to succeed anywhere without making concessions. It's not just about money and power but attitude and convictions. The setting might change but the inherent nature of people, doesn't. You're setting yourself up for a hard fall believing that it's any different. The only person you can depend on is yourself.
Or you could gain that knowledge anyway, and respect in the process.
[He'd made it his business to keep informed on the comings and goings of the void and he didn't feel as if his information network had been lacking. Kaiba had managed to learn about future technology without needing to kowtow]
[There's a sufficient pause after that last line]
You better not be waiting for some impassioned entreaty where I beg you to stay because that's not going to happen. [Friends, please. How the mighty have fallen]
I'll find my own way. [When he thought the other him was no longer listening he expelled a huff] .. and when I get back to Havenwell, Ann and I will make a detour to Domino. We'll see just who makes it back to Mokuba first..