[Honestly, he's just got some decent damage-control instincts. And she could only look more like damage waiting to happen if she had her crossbow out. (Just because he'll take her in stride doesn't mean everyone here will. And, y'know. To be fair, she definitely looks pretty young at a glance, just from her stature. Too bad it's too dim in here to get a real good look under her hood, just yet. Just darkish skin and longish teeth. You really get all kinds, around here.)
She takes him up on the offered stool instead of stumbling off to trouble, so he'll call it a tentative win for now. Definitely easier to have a conversation this way, given he's got to be twice her size. She's skipped on past terms and right to ruling, so, obligingly...he fakes it. Helpfully—]
Mostly means he'd been playing dirty.
[Cheating, fighting. The whole nine yards. Though given it's some sort of Ice Hockey derivative, it probably gets kind of rowdy in general, rip. Still, since things on screen seem pretty peaceable for the moment, he indicates his best guess for a judge on the field for her.]
If the ref's any good, they'll call it out. Keep things on the level.
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She takes him up on the offered stool instead of stumbling off to trouble, so he'll call it a tentative win for now. Definitely easier to have a conversation this way, given he's got to be twice her size. She's skipped on past terms and right to ruling, so, obligingly...he fakes it. Helpfully—]
Mostly means he'd been playing dirty.
[Cheating, fighting. The whole nine yards. Though given it's some sort of Ice Hockey derivative, it probably gets kind of rowdy in general, rip. Still, since things on screen seem pretty peaceable for the moment, he indicates his best guess for a judge on the field for her.]
If the ref's any good, they'll call it out. Keep things on the level.
[Like Crownsguard for Sports, sort of.]