He had a slight smirk on his face<strong>"That shouldn't be a problem. They cannot compare to you."</strong>Kaiba looks back to the dueling formula and deck construction when she made mention of it. And his expression turned to a much more serious affair as he thinks things over. His own plans were much different from what she might have in mind.<strong>"I am looking for other cards now to see what can compliment your style. You were at the top of your school. Now we shall make you one of the top duelists in the world. A tournament is being held and whilst I cannot compete I can however select someone to take my place. As such I can make a plausible story that you are the one I have selected. All you need to do is enter and duel well."</strong><br/><br/>As for the logic behind why he would ask her to enter a tournament and win it...<strong>"This way it becomes less suspicious on why I came to Duel Academy and stole you away. It would be a serious scandal if someone got it into their heads to blackmail me because I forced someone from my own academy to be my personal pet. As winning it would give perfect reasoning why I'd want you as a bride."</strong>On the subject of people he was close to, there were few he considered as such.<strong>"The only one I had ever been close to is my little brother Mokuba. Heading the Capsule Monsters division of Kaiba corp, a game of his own design."</strong>So what she was suggesting as that she wished to meet Mokuba. He had to agree with her sound logic. He couldn't very much keep her in a gilded cage.