While the insult was certainly a major part, that was not all of it.
[Henry presses his boot down a little, applying enough pressure to be noticed.]
You became cocky and confident in your superiority... and had I been a real opponent, you would have paid for your arrogance and underestimation with your life.
Never boast about yourself until your enemy lays before you, either dying or subdued. This is your first lesson, Spirit.
[And then all that ice is gone, Henry sheathing his sword and his face relaxing into that calm expression as he moves his foot off Bakura's throat, offering the man a hand up.]
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[Henry presses his boot down a little, applying enough pressure to be noticed.]
You became cocky and confident in your superiority... and had I been a real opponent, you would have paid for your arrogance and underestimation with your life.
Never boast about yourself until your enemy lays before you, either dying or subdued. This is your first lesson, Spirit.
[And then all that ice is gone, Henry sheathing his sword and his face relaxing into that calm expression as he moves his foot off Bakura's throat, offering the man a hand up.]