[ .... ah. Yeah. That's... that's not a question that is exactly easy to answer. There are things here that Keith doesn't know and that James doesn't want to tell him. Though he sometimes forgets Keith isn't aware, James still doesn't want to be the one to break it to him. Least of all after that talk they had about Keith's opinions on the Garrison.

Time to keep this general then. After a pause that is just a little too long. ]

Well, you're my rival now that we've started competing in martial arts. And hopefully you'll be putting some more effort into grades here now, so there's that as well.