Hmm. I wouldn't say gentleness becomes you, or all of the scrapes you manage to get into.

[Spoken without the least inkling of remorse or shame as a prime perpetrator of said head injuries; certainly his possibly repeated attempts to turn it off and on again have failed to the nth degree, but it's not like Subete is one to give up so easy. That's probably why he's still here, trading faintly barbed remarks at too early in the AM.

There's a quiet snort, ostensibly about the Old Maid, because sometimes Hikage is something else in an entirely different sense than his usual piece of work.]

Liking to win and cheating at one of the simplest card games in existence are two entirely separate things, Hikage. [bemused more than amused, but both emotions are there turning around and around in carousel; he tilts his head and there's a quirk at the corner of his mouth, almost mischief] You know, I seem to recall you saying some time ago that age is one of those relative things.

That said, I'd be more impressed if all of your someones turned out to be the same person.