"Maybe she's worth more than him, and that's why she's ok not being around him," he said sullenly. He was pretty awesome, and strong, and the coolest of the Lost Boys, but that really didn't mean much in this world. And she... she was shiny. And soft, and smelled nice, and Rufio liked it when she laughed. If her not talking to him meant he was too good for her, then he thought the grading system was pretty messed up here.
Zoe was right about one thing, though. Losing wasn't an excuse not to play the game. If you lost you practiced and got better and went after it again.
"Where would you like?" he asked, trying to get an understanding of what made a place special. He thought Zoe might have good insight, after all, even though she was super old he'd seen enough movies to know she was probably pretty pretty by old man standards.