"Five times. The last time I even pointed out how he could do better and he didn't wanna?"

"Okay, I guess that doesn't sound like going easy on a new player. Might just be that he's not very good at the game."

"That's what confused me, I think? I dunno, something about it s'prised me."

"- well, people are different levels of skill at all kinds of things."

"I know... not sure why it confused me 'xactly..."

"I dunno what to tell you then."

"I think the bit where I su-ggested a thing and he didn't get it was sorta conf-using?"

"Maybe it was too complicated for him? If he's about as big as you he's much much much younger."

"Hm?"

"- and still learning things, like how to be strategic about games."

"But. He's a person?"

"Yes, of course he is."

"So why'd he be worse at stra-te-gy just cause of how big he is?"

"Because of how young he is."

"But what would that have to do with it?"

"It takes time to learn things. If you were learning something totally new, like - uh - ancient Cenemi poetry - then that would take you a while, right?"

"Yeah."

"Everything he's learning is new. He hasn't been doing anything for more than a couple years."

"But I learned the card game right then and he already knew it?"

"Yeah, but you might've been using skills on it that aren't as new, if you've played lots of games in the past."

"I don't know if I've had to learn those skills?"

"Some skills are kind of - basic. Like noticing patterns, and thinking ahead, and stuff like that. Your friend is very new at all of them and that will mean he's worse at a lot of things than older people."

"Huh."

"That's really con-fusing but you're very good at 'splaining things!"

"Happy to help!" And it is bedtime. Actually it's bathtime because Fika looks a little grimy but then bedtime.

Sure, Fika will bath. The bubbles are still fun.