Kaiba listens silently. He finds himself thinking again: who is this blond and what did he do with Katsuya Jonouchi? Seto was painfully aware that they were all from very different versions of the world, with some similarities...but aside from the obvious, maybe things weren't entirely different?

The thought of that gives him a headache just to consider. But he eventually looks back at his...ally? And nods.

"...I'm guilty of a few of things they accused me of, if not the whole. They forced me to admit that I've been wrong about a lot of things. How I treated you, most of all."

The faces he makes when he says those words. They're still hard for him. But Stoutland seems to understand what his rider is having difficulty saying and strolls over, giving Jonouchi a long lick on the cheek.

"I think he wants me to say thank you. So. I did."