[The bluntness of that first comment irks him a bit, but Malik doesn't do much more than shoot Bakura a warning look over it.]

That's why I need to kill the Pharaoh--so I can free my family from that miserable life of darkness. [He rolls over onto his stomach, folding his arms in front of him and resting his head against them.] Nobody should have to live like that...to have to pledge their life to some Pharaoh they don't know!