[Does she want to what...?! She just makes this face, the one up there, for a split second, before breaking into a sputtering laugh.]
You're always so weird, Bakura...!
[She doesn't think anything of how much of her personal space is being invaded right now. It's just Bakura playing, like she always does -- she likes to get a rise out of people, and she's clearly going for familiarity with the princess that will scandalize the people around them. So, Atem rolls with the murmuring, and certainly doesn't fight being steered away from the action of the party! She's being reunited with an old (albeit weird) friend, and that friend is effectively repelling anyone else who might approach, and while that's not necessarily a good thing, it does mean Atem gets to take a break, and talk about something interesting for a change. She's smart, the gods know it, and she's got an excellent head for strategy and mechanics and spotting loopholes, but she wasn't made to run a religious-cult-slash-state-agency. She's overworked and bored all at once, so Bakura showing up again and keeping everyone else away is precisely what the doctor ordered.]
At least some things never change....no, I won't touch it!
But I don't mind telling you, you were missed dearly.
[Not by Seto, or by Mahaad, or Siamun, or Uncle Akhenadin, or any of the courtiers, but, uh, definitely by her.]
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[Does she want to what...?! She just makes this face, the one up there, for a split second, before breaking into a sputtering laugh.]
You're always so weird, Bakura...!
[She doesn't think anything of how much of her personal space is being invaded right now. It's just Bakura playing, like she always does -- she likes to get a rise out of people, and she's clearly going for familiarity with the princess that will scandalize the people around them. So, Atem rolls with the murmuring, and certainly doesn't fight being steered away from the action of the party! She's being reunited with an old (albeit weird) friend, and that friend is effectively repelling anyone else who might approach, and while that's not necessarily a good thing, it does mean Atem gets to take a break, and talk about something interesting for a change. She's smart, the gods know it, and she's got an excellent head for strategy and mechanics and spotting loopholes, but she wasn't made to run a religious-cult-slash-state-agency. She's overworked and bored all at once, so Bakura showing up again and keeping everyone else away is precisely what the doctor ordered.]
At least some things never change....no, I won't touch it!
But I don't mind telling you, you were missed dearly.
[Not by Seto, or by Mahaad, or Siamun, or Uncle Akhenadin, or any of the courtiers, but, uh, definitely by her.]