[If Kaiba could only hear that assessment for himself, he would have agreed with the latter portion and denied the flaws. Both the attention to detail in his appearance and his bravado were all apart of projecting the right image, the one that drove him to his many successes. Any similarities to Tiriaq's relatives was purely accidental, but he did believe that children needed an authoritative person to look up to, someone that exuded confidence and strength that the kid could either emulate later in life or glean a feeling of security from now. Ie. if someone tried to harm Tiriaq, Kaiba would make sure they regretted the attempt.]
[Was it a betrayal to his actual brother's memory to allow this other boy a place in his.... protective sphere read as: heart. It couldn't really be helped, it was too late to turn away now]
Let me take a look.
[Reaching out for the tablet, he gently accepted it before drawing it up to eye level.]
There's some scuffing on the protective case... [.. but he continued fiddling around with it to test it's response times and functions.]
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Ie. if someone tried to harm Tiriaq, Kaiba would make sure they regretted the attempt.][Was it a betrayal to his actual brother's memory to allow this other boy a place in his.... protective sphere
read as: heart. It couldn't really be helped, it was too late to turn away now]Let me take a look.
[Reaching out for the tablet, he gently accepted it before drawing it up to eye level.]
There's some scuffing on the protective case... [.. but he continued fiddling around with it to test it's response times and functions.]