He chuckles. Maggot. What a term of endearment that was. "Okay, I gotta earn the soccer ball."

"Yeah, I'm just, seeing how far I can push my best." He feels a little hypocritical using that term after their argument, but she was right. He always tried his hardest. "-- and hopefully not die in the process." Either by his own stubbornness or Bothari's Bothariness.