Hmm, not bad. A little bit chapped, a lot more shy, but--not bad. Certainly there was something worth working with there. He was still too damn skinny for Allegra's tastes, but...
She ruffled the boy's hair with oddly maternal affection. "Stay cute. It suits you."
That said, she reached for her abandoned smoke with one hand and the offered controller with the other. "Prepare to be brutalized in pink, boy-o." Allegra grinned toothily. "I play to win--and usually do."
"That," said a very familiar, very displeased voice behind them, "is because she cheats."