At least Zahra's Katsuya had matured over the course of their journeys. Granted, that had taken a horrific penalty game, being forced into Hirtuani's gang for half a year, and getting carded by Pegasus, but still. Their own Katsuya was more mature than "Joey" by leaps and bounds, not to mention the one that they'd met just a day or two ago. Watching this imbecile was giving Zahra vivid flashbacks to the earliest days.

"Eh." Zahra shrugs. "There was... some adjustment, but when you're a nameless shadow being with nothing but an overpowering sense of justice and honor to your identity, gender's really no object. For what it's worth, I'm not really a woman either."

Zahra stares incredulously at Joey. He can practically hear the dial-up noises as their brain attempts to process what he's saying. "...you were still born in Japan, right?" they ask, somewhat dumbstruck. Then Joey's second question comes and Zahra starts snickering. They could believe the other Jounouchi was a duelist. There was something intangible about him that made that easy to believe. But this guy... "Waitwaitwait. Hold on.

"You're a duelist?"