"Whereas mine is apparently teachable, and a few have picked it up here," Bakura agreed. But that might have been because the Shadow Realm continued to exist as an alternate layer to more levels of reality than his own world, even echoing on a different level than the Planes. If that connection were to be utterly removed, Bakura wasn't sure if he would be able to continue using Shadow magic, Ring or not.

He glances at Diabound and nodded. The serpent had been scarce lately, not liking the trending cooler temperatures as much, but still appeared when curiosity beckoned.

"Diabound; my kaa." And then, proactively offering the explanation as he'd gotten into the habit of: "An aspect of the soul given form."