A small, almost bitter snort escaped at that. "Hell of a lot of energy to put out just for something as unimportant as entertainment."

If there was one thing he had learned (and really, learning just one thing had been... a herculean task, all things considered) over the years, it was that if there was someone manipulating a situation, there were normally large, or very personal stakes involved. Tennouji's gambit, the Arcana's game... Hell, even Takuya's subterfuge-- All of it had been for something of world-altering status, even when that world had been a single existence that revolved around a small, deaf child...