Kai snickered, then stopped. Wait. Did he just- He did. Damn.

"Yeah, brutal's one way of describing them." He stared at his chocolate for a second before dropping it back on the table. Appetite, what appetite? He'd also just noticed his marbles had pretty much melted by now. The bigger sphere was holding up better, of course. He reached over and grabbed it before rolling it back and forth in his hands, refreezing it.

"How old is your sister?"