"I'll bet. Kaiba always had to be the best at everything he did," Pepper remarks, and it's... not entirely a criticism. She could relate to that kind of drive, even if she didn't agree with being a giant jerk to accomplish her goals.

Until she can discuss this with Bakura, she's going to err on the side of discretion about how powerful he is.

"Yeah, although his circumstances are... really, seriously different than most people's. It's kind of innate, with him, even back home." He didn't even technically need cards to summon, and the Ring is it's own set of conversational hoops to avoid jumping through. "You two should meet sometime," Pepper decides cautiously. Vee's eyebrows go up, like she's not sure how great a plan that is. "I'll bet he'd be interested in hearing about what you know. I wonder how much time there is between when you're from and when he's from," she ponders absently, tapping her chin. "It's always hard to tell, unless you get people in the same room."