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[ He keeps it short and to the point, audio only for the chance that someone might respond with decent advice before they realize by his voice who they're talking to. ]

How does one go about undoing a sudden interest in guardianship that a certain shelled someone seems to have found in me?

[ Someone's been trying to ignore Emily-Helen's insistent mental summons of her new papa, and it's getting to a point where it's becoming near-impossible to hear himself think over her in his head --and he's used to some pretty chatty ghosts already stuck up in there. ]

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[This was...one of the last thing she expected to hear over the network. And she wasn't happy about it. She didn't want to talk to him face to face, but that didn't mean she couldn't let her grievances be known:]

Qui aurait jamais vous laisser être un gardien de tortue?

[Oh by the way, can you read French, Bakura?]

[ He really has utterly no clue what to do with that. He inherited English and Japanese from his host, but even if Ryou had known enough French to puzzle that the general meaning of that, he no longer had access to the teen's mind to rifle through it. The knowledge Bakura had now was static; if he hadn't sought it out before, he no longer could get to it. But he can play around with the words a little. Ironically knowing hieroglyphics, wherein letters could be grouped in different setups and all mean the same thing, is helping here. ]

laisser | tortue
jamais | gardien

gardienguardian

j t l
a o a
m r i
a t s
i u s
s e e
- - r

[ "Turtle" and "tortue" had the same amount of letters and the "t--t--e" in the same place, so Bakura was reasonably certain that was intended to be the same word. So this person was repeating something of what he'd said? ]

[...what?]

[Oh. Wait. That middle word...gardienguardian...that was actually two words. One in French, the other in English.]

[Of course. She had been so frustrated at finding this whole mess out, she'd forgotten. The consoles didn't translate text, and there were so few people who spoke her native tongue.]

You. A Guardian. It is wrong.

[ Oh, so they can type in something he can read. Anonymous still, but the sentiment could come from anyone. ]

I know.

[Barely.]

[Her English was adequate enough for simple conversation, but hardly sufficient to express what she really thought.]

Why did happen?

[She was also far more prone to grammatical errors when she wasn't thinking at her clearest. Which may or may not give away her lack of fluency.]

[ He changes back to voice, though he doesn't care if they stayed in text. ]

As I said, a mistake I am trying to rectify.

[She had registered as anonymous for a reason. Unless he gave a clear indication he knew who it was, she would just as soon not do anything more to reveal her identity. No matter how much it limited her vocabulary.]

Learn how. That will teach how to undo it.

[ Yes but that would probably require having to talk to the hatchling, which was what he was trying to negate. ]

Fine.

[Whelp]

And stay away from turtles. All of them.

Don't think you have banked the right to command me, Midii Une; that's a dangerous assumption on your part to make.

[One of the many reasons why she was thankful for the text-only option. No visible evidence of her flinching when she heard him say her name.]

You knew?

This place gathers many types, but it's a very short list of cowards -- it wasn't a hard guess.

[Bakura, you shit]

[There was no point in maintaining the facade any longer, so she switched over to voice, But only voice; she wouldn't give him the satisfaction of seeing her face or location.]

If you think calling me a coward is going to do anything, you're wrong.

I don't care what you think about me. I just want you to stay away from me and Riva. And Riva's family. They don't deserve the likes of you.

It got you to speak instead of making me read your poor wording.

[ She's the one who baited him, he only responded in kind~ ]

Did you, in your indignation, somehow miss the part where I was asking how to undo this? Or are you just purposely ignoring it?

[It did. He frustrated her into giving up on a language she wasn't fluent in in favor of voice.]

I didn't miss anything. I gave you advice. Good advice you should listen to.

Find out exactly how the connection is made, and why. Once you learn that, it should help you figure out how to undo it.

And I said, fine. If you think I'm arguing the point, you're wrong. You're not telling me anything I don't already know.

I didn't say you were arguing.

You got mad because I told you to stay away from the turtles. Considering that would normally be somebody's first place to go for answers, it was a logical warning to make.

Then perhaps you should chaperon?

No.

I don't want anything to do with you.

Then stop playing at being their protector if you're not willing to leave what you find comfortable in order to protect them. They may deserve far better than me but you're no fine catch yourself.

[ And then he hangs up on her. ]

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