It was for the best that Claudia hadn't noticed Helena's fascination with the laser pointer and thus didn't make a cat joke. The Victorian woman was already certain Claudia would make cat jokes at her for the rest of their lives, so one less she had to deal with was good for her.
The variance in both the size and number of targets was a bit unexpected. So there was certainly need to make adjustments upon seeing the vests of whatever arena they would end up going to. But then there was talk about targets other than people. "While I would normally say something along the lines of where is the enjoyment in only having people be the targets, it may be easiest for those of us who have not played laser tag before. Though in the arenas when people are the only targets, is there some type of terrain that can be used to provide cover? Otherwise it seems a bit silly to just have people running about without some sort of tactics other than frontal assaults taking place."
"Are you telling me that because you think I would underhandedly shine a laser in an opponent's eyes, or are you simply relaying the etiquette?" Even knowing the lasers were harmless, Helena wasn't exactly going to shining them into other people's eyes. In this case, she did like the fair fight.
"Can I just make the comment that the fact the game of laser tag takes place in an arena almost makes it sound like gladiator games in ancient Rome? Only without blood and death, obviously."