A chance for a better life as the "King of Riding Duels."

[Yusei shrugs.]

He didn't realize he was being used as a figurehead and lured into a gilded cage of sorts...

[Jeff being his Jeff-y self seems to make Yusei feel a little better, though, if the increase in scritches means anything.]

He'd left all of us behind, denounced us and his home. For a time, I think he lost sight of himself, too. [Yusei doesn't sigh, but it's a close thing.] He wasn't really a King in there, more like the jester being made a fool of - at least that's what he told me, later.