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The damning silence dragged on for too long while the weight of Yugi’s infraction hung in the air. He stayed where he had collapsed on his aching knees, not daring to look up. He would have groveled if he had not become so paralyzed by fear and the King’s gaze on his shoulders. “You are peculiarly small,” the Pharaoh finally spoke—a tremor through Yugi’s feeble heart. He had never imagined what the man might sound like, but somehow his voice alone was more than Ryou’s description could have ever conveyed. It was was rich but not rough. Like a strong current pulling under a smooth river.
Yugi continued to stare down into the stones of the path while tears pricked at the corner of his vision. The silence had returned, interrupted only by a river bird crooning in the distance and the trickle of running water in the garden while Yugi awaited his punishment. Eventually he made the terrible realization that the King was waiting for a response to his strange comment. “I suppose so, Your Highness,” Yugi finally whispered through his trembling lips.