"You mean he hasn't told you?"
Yugi shook his head. "He implies that he had a really bad time there, but he never says why it's the one place in the galaxy he might hate."
"Well, if he hasn't told you yet, then I don't know if I have any right to tell you. I was really not a whole lot more than a bystander."
"But you were the... what was it... Baron-Administrator?"
Lando laughed ruefully. "Won the place in a game of sabacc."
"Sabacc?"
"You've been in this galaxy for what, four months now, and you don't know what sabacc is?"
"I know it's a game."
"That's 'cause I said that. Once we get into hyperspace, I'll teach you how to pl-"
"No."
Lando blinked. "Huh? Why not?"
"No. I do not play games."
With a smooth smile, Lando began, "This isn't some kid's game. It's THE game-"
"No! Last time I screwed around with games, I got my heart broken." Yugi clenched the arms of the copilot's seat as though he was about to break them.
Lando, not quite understanding, tried to comfort the boy. "I was pretty steamed with Han after he won the Falcon from me-"
"You wouldn't even begin to understand if a stupid ship was your biggest loss."
With a light chuckle, Lando nodded. "Then someone stole your girl-"
"Stop making stupid assumptions about my life! You know nothing about me!" Yugi's voice held an amount of rage Lando hadn't heard since he had woken up Luke from a nightmare soon after the incident on Bespin. Lando stared, and could have sworn that the boys eyes were flickering red.
Embarassed, Lando stammered out, "I'm sorry, buddy. You're right. I don't have the right to assume what happened to you. Y'know, the last person I saw this mad was Luke."
Yugi's rapid breathing began to slow down. "You mean Luke's been that mad before?"
"Hell, yeah. In fact, it was right after Bespin."
"Bespin was that horrible to him?"
"Yeah. It was the worst experience of my life. I think Han, Leia, and Luke would all agree."
"What happened?"
"I still think that's the sort of thing you should talk about with Luke."
"Well, what happened to you there?"
Lando rubbed his forehead. "Darth Vader happened."
"Darth Vader?"
"You... do... know who Vader was, don't you?"
"I've heard the name, but nobody's ever explained it to me. I get the idea that it's not the favorite topic at the Academy."
"Boy, is that an understatement. Do you know about the Empire?"
"A bit. The Sith led the Empire for about twenty years, then they were defeated by Luke, and the New Republic took over."
"Well, Emperor Palpatine was a Sith, and Vader was his right-hand man. They say that Palpatine was more evil than Vader, but Vader was more active at his evilness. He was the visible face of evil. Vader blackmailed me into helping him set a trap for Luke using Han and Leia as bait. He kept reneging on the deal, changing it every ten minutes, until it just got too messed up for me to handle. I ultimately managed to bust Leia and Chewie out of that scrap, but we had to save Luke after he fought- and lost to- Vader, and had to save Han later."
"I see. So Vader was Luke's worst enemy?"
Lando glanced sideways at Yugi. "Yes... he was. The rest of it, I think it would be best for Luke to tell you. But I think you should tell him what's making you so angry. I'm no genius about the Jedi, but I know it's not good for anybody to keep that type of anger around."
"I hope I can tell him. It happened two years ago, but it's still... very fresh in my mind- and in my heart. I don't like keeping secrets from people, but I want to try to be able to control my emotions regarding it before I try to dig into it."
"I see. So, is the sabacc still a no?"
"I will not play games anymore. Sorry I got so mad at you, but my entire life was destroyed by games. I don't want to mess with them anymore."
Nodding sympathetically, Lando turned to the controls of the ship, and said no more.