Elaris looked at him with a interested smile.
"What it's called...?"
"It's a game called rock, paper, scissors," he said, and then he showed how to play by closing his fist, flattening his hand, and then opening two fingers.
She paid too much attention to this, as if she were taking it more seriously than it needed to be.
"And the family could make this a tradition instead of magical contests and formal challenges," Rex said in a very serious voice. "It works better and doesn't hurt the training ground as much."
Elaris looked at him for a long time.
Then there was a short, real laugh, like someone was surprised by it instead of making it happen.
She said, "It's some kind of a tradition in your world, huh?"
"Yep." Rex said, "A very old one, where I come from," which was technically true.
