[ Sparkles purrs and curls up between his two new favorite people, clearly very pleased. A winner he is.

Ann is extremely skeptical about the whole... Akechi thing. Ren's been here longer, been here with Akechi, and so he's got better grounds to trust him. Besides, out of all of them? Ren is the one who would understand him best in general.

She looks sharply off to the side. ]

He'd better not. I mean it, Ren... I don't think anyone would be able to stop me if he were to do something to you. Not you, not anyone. But for you, I'll do my best to try.

[ It's the least she can do. The subject is back to Kaiba for the moment, at least, though that particular subject doesn't exactly lighten her mood, either. ]

He seems like someone who could do with a change of heart... too bad that's not possible here. Ah... that's not nice of me to say, though. Sorry. He just doesn't seem like a team player.

[ That's. An understatement... ]