[ He'll give her the benefit of the doubt in this, though he really doesn't think there's much here he'd enjoy. In another place and time, he might have had a very suggestive response to her question, but he can't do that now. One of these days, though, her rose-colored view of him will need to be shattered. This, however, is not that day. ]

They're children. The games they play and the things they do reflect that. At their age, I was getting into fights and splitting myself open. It's an entirely different world.