They are in a tumultuous place, the two of them.
They know everything that ever needed knowing. They have collected all the pieces, and all that remains is to open the door. They even know what they will find on the other side.
It's unfortunate that they also know that their hearts are not really in it anymore.
They've covered all the options; all those things that aren't really options, too, just to say they've been everywhere. Every time, they come back to the same truth:
I don't want you to leave.
I don't want to leave you.
They are fundamentally the same thing, but somehow, together, they form a whole picture made of something new.
Yugi tries to put a good face on it, because he sees the decency in all things.
"You'll find everything you've been searching for this whole time. Everyone who's been waiting for you, everything you've always wanted, it's all there for you. This is the best way things could end."
This is not that time.
