She didn't mkae the move he'd expected, and he grinned. Sometimes, the untrained opponent was a tougher win, because they had no idea what they were doing, and their moves were unpredictable. "That was Mum and ROse," he said, making a move with his knight, but not taking any of her pieces. He was going to have to reevaluate his strategy, after seeing a few more moves on her end.
"I was reading pretty early,k but it was Rose who inherited Mum's love of books. I'd rather have been outside flying, or pretending to fly before I got my first broom," he said, and reached out to tuck her hair behind her ear, because it had been too long since he'd touched her, and also because he wasn't above a bit of distraction.