... [Don't read too much into it, Kai. He's a duelist. That's all it is. More than anything else, he detests hack duelists who can't put in effort. And non-duelists almost never gain his respect. Tolerance, perhaps... But never respect.

If Kai is willing to try it, then that's good enough. He still won't respect him if he becomes a duelist, and from what he knows of Ryou's interactions with him, he's got not reason to believe he'll be anything but a weakling that plays for fun... but it's still good enough to garner that little bit of information. All duelists have their signatures, and it's rarely because of strategy. There are thousands of ways to win. No deck is perfect. It comes down to that connection.]

Don't mistake me for being helpful. I'd rather there be fewer hack duelists who think the key to victory is piling their deck full of strong monsters; that's all.