[color=6ecff6]"It really shows,"[/color] Zacharie replied back immediately after Ben finished his self-reflection, ending on the note of modeling himself after King Arthur. A poor choice of words, maybe, although so far Ben hasn't been able to pick up on the subtleties, nor has Zacharie himself for that matter committed himself to being as brave. Perhaps both had quite a bit to learn, and for this reason they were here. As his duel with Vincent demonstrated, Zacharie preferred the passive route, and more important, the careful route, destroying the backrow in lieu of the monster. He did not know it at the time, however he could have finished the duel in one turn, in two ways as fate handed him the cards needed to win against his friend. The first was to sacrifice Spellbook of Wisdom earlier and use Spellbook of Fate to return the backrow to Vincent's hand, leaving him with no defense against the chaos sorcerer, unless of course he used Spellbook of Secrets to pull the Spellbook of the Master before Wisdom, and Master to copy Secrets to pull Wisdom, and from there add more Fate-Fodder into his graveyard to allow his Priestess to banish Fate itself and destroy the monster card, with no cost to him as Fate was to be recovered by Eternity. And with these moves, he would not have summoned his Alchemist to charge his library, but rather the card he drew as a result of the additional counters from the spells, regardless of Vincent's book of moon to hopefully gain a monster with 1500 or more attack to finish the duel in one shot. [color=6ecff6]"I mean, you are quite similar to him No? Physically and... Personnalité?[/color] Well, that was a good recovery, sort of.

[color=6ecff6]"Ze Noble Knights are best when together and holding their swords, ze Archfiends destroy each other to make for themselves, tel duelliste, tel cartes. But I suppose I will 'ave to know le petit Carson better no?[/color] His remark to Ben's explanation of their sibling dynamics on their way back to Ben's dorm. It was more convenient after all than hauling a wet shirt, or wearing one all the way back to Light dorm. In comparison to the Zacharie's dorm, Ben's room was quite modest, but certainly more decorated by personal touches, some figurines of knights and sorcerers sitting on a shel and a noble knight poster signed by people Zacharie really ought to know but hadn't the foggiest idea. [color=6ecff6]"Merci, So um, Ben,"[/color] Zacharie began timidly as he walked over to the sink to wring out his shirt, [color=6ecff6]"Err, I mean eh, Light is not too far from this, I like your room a bit more since you have added much more persona to it. La maison d'un homme est son château. I guess I will 'ave to call you 'king' 'ere no?"[/color]

[color=6ecff6]"Merci encore, That should do it."[/color] With the last bit of his efforts, some good old physical labor not lost on a boy who spends more time reading than playing cards, or hitting the gym, he unrolled the shirt with a flick of his wrist. Taking off his Light jacket from around his body and setting it on the sink's edge as he put his slightly-drier shirt back on. [color=6ecff6]"Well, I would 'ate to keep you from your célébration, if you 'ave time, feel free to visit me at Light... I mean if you want to, uh you don't 'ave to, what I mean iz, iz only fair for you to get to visit my room after zis eh... Anyways, Bonsoir mon ami.[/color] He hesitated at the parting line, almost wanting to instinctively wrap his arms around Ben and do the French thing with him. Although Vincent's earlier warning suggested he keep this tradition to himself and instead offered a handshake instead before shyly making himself scarce from the Wind dorm.

That was quite nice. Not like talking with Vincent nice but, a different sort of nice.