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[cantilevers]

How are you at sports? And losing?

[hexcope]

Not the best, and ...okay?

[cantilevers]

Perfect. An overpowered young adult is going to teach me a sports game, but I need a second so the other kid hanging around doesn't feel left out. You up for a public humiliation with me?

[hexcope]

Fair warning, I'm especially not great at team sports, but I'll make an exception.

What's their names?

[cantilevers]

Excellent, we'll be properly humiliated then.

Julian and Icarus. I only spoke with Julian; he has mind powers and no hands apparently.

[hexcope]

You don't have to sound so excited for it...

I've never met either. Twenties? How out of shape am I going to be in comparison?

[He might work out, but he doesn't really go running.]

[cantilevers]

Why not? Losing builds character and besides, if you go in knowing you're going to be rolled, you can let loose and enjoy yourself.

Depends how often you skipped leg day. I expect they'll run circles around us both.

[hexcope]

I also enjoy at least trying to win, you know.

Please tell me it's not a "run across a whole field back and forth" kind of sport.

[Because that's what it's sounding like.]

[cantilevers]

Oh we'll try to win! I'm a competitor at heart.

I have no idea. Does Piltover have 'soccer'?

[hexcope]

Good. I don't think I could participate if we were planning on throwing.

It doesn't sound familiar, but I never paid much attention to sports.

[cantilevers]

I wouldn't do that to the kids. And leave the 'underhanded' tactics to me, okay? You can be the golden man.

Formal sports teams aren't big in Zaun.

[hexcope]

We're not going to need to cheat if we already know we're going to lose, Vander.

Not much in Piltover either, as far as I'm aware. Caitlyn might know more on that front.

[cantilevers]

Considering we don't know the rules, is it really cheating if I body block them?

She doesn't seem like the team sports type.

[hexcope]

It is if we learn the rules and then you break them on purpose.

[Vander.]

She might surprise you. But she also has a much higher competitive streak than I do.

[cantilevers]

Some rules are meant to be bent or broken. It's part of the fun.

Hence why I didn't ask her. I don't need to unleash that on a bunch of kids. Plus she'll rules lawyer me.

[hexcope]

Hey, if you want to flaunt rulebreaking in front of the guy with mind powers, that's up to you.

"Kids," aren't they young adults?

[cantilevers]

Curious to see what will happen, okay? Just leave me where I fall if it goes terribly wrong.

They're at least half my age, so kids.

[hexcope]

You're being dramatic. They aren't murderers, are they?

...How old are you?

[Does he think Jayce is a kid too??]

[cantilevers]

No idea. I never asked. Would it be a problem if they were?

Let's just say I've outlived the Zaunite median life expectancy.

[And considering they cried on each other when they first met, yeah, you're kind of a kid to him. Clearly Jayce needs a dad figure.]

And I'm 41.

[hexcope]

[Normally this is where he might say something along the lines of, "yeah, that matters" but then again... it's not something he can't be called now, either.]

Guess not.

That's less than ten years older than me!

[Vander looks so much older! Well. Maybe he shouldn't be surprised. Living in Zaun full time, raising Vi and... Jinx... probably put all those gray hairs on his head.]

[cantilevers]

Then no problem. We can ask when we arrive on the field.

You age well then. You'd peg you for late twenties.

[hexcope]

Maybe we just make sure no one's going to go over the top, instead.

[He'd rather the question not get turned around on them in return.]

Thanks. It's the skin care routine. I could pick up a few things for you, if you wanted.

[Like maybe some hair dye...]

[cantilevers]

If they did, neither you nor I is in the position to stop them. Let's give them the benefit of the doubt, shall we?

Thanks, I'll stick with aged well beyond my years hardship look.

[hexcope]

...Right. You're right.

You wear it well, at least.

[cantilevers]

So what's your schedule looking like? I'll arrange with the kids.

I don't exactly have a choice. I still look better than when I arrived.