"You'll probably slow me down," Ayame replied, "but I suppose that would be acceptable." She had found that speaking plainly about people's shortcomings tended to wound their pride and drive them away, at least in the cases of all but the most obsessed and it had become a habit.<br/><br/>"It would certainly be less annoying than sitting around being bored."<br/><br/>She looked over at his screen, identifying the game he'd pulled up and pulled up her own copy of it. "A fairly interesting choice," she said, perhaps a bit approving, "The different factions make for some interesting strategic and tactical choices."