[color=9C5F25]”Hah... haaah..."[/color] Kei panted heavily as the duel drew to a close. The holograms slowly faded into nothing, with Kei's partner looking back with an over-the-shoulder glance. The boy gave Swordsman a thumbs up as the monster started to fade out. Right before completely vanishing, Swordsman closed his eyes and betrayed the slightest hint of a smile. Ephemeral as it was, it seemed Kei's feelings got through in the end.

"Now that. That is why We thought you were interesting." the stranger told Kei, the both of them pulling themselves up from the floor. At least, Kei would attempt as much, but the two back-to-back duels had sapped him of all his strength. As soon as he got to his feet, Kei collapsed again and fell on his butt.

[color=9C5F25]”I can't... too tired..."[/color] he complained in between his heavy breathing. The stranger seemed to pay it no mind, though.

"Alright. You've learnt what We wanted you to learn, so it's only fair we uphold our end of the bargain." He'd tell Kei. "Go on then, Question away. We'll answer freely"

The boy gave him a glare. [color=9C5F25]”Oh I will... I've got a ton of questions for you!"[/color] Kei said to the man. Before he asked any of them, though, Kei quickly caught the stranger up to speed. He explained the situation with the Red Ogre duelist, and how his friend ended up in a similar situation. [color=9C5F25]”You know something about that, right? About why people are acting like they're possessed or something?"[/color] he'd ask, not realizing how on-the-nose the question actually was. [color=9C5F25]”And why... why do I feel like I can hear my partner? What is all of this about? And how do you know Shinrei?! Why did you save me from him...?"[/color]

All of these were important questions, of course, but Kei still had one more thing he needed to know. One burning question at the back of his mind. He took a deep breath, focused and shouted: [color=9C5F25]”AND TELL ME YOUR NAME ALREADY!"[/color]