[And of course he was smiling, it was in every single word. You don't have to be old to know everything, because sometimes being old means you forget more important things.

Like how to play hard and fair at the same time.

There's a mercy rule, in sports. You can win, but overkill is unsportmanlike.

There's no reason to 'kill' the other team. Just doing your best, and winning was enough. He hadn't forgotten that yet.]

Haha, okay.

I won't die or sustain a serious injury in two days. I can do that.

Haha, and if I don't, you'll stop, yeah?

[A pause, and then, just making sure,]

No need to involve anyone else.

[And now it's just a game of tag, haha. Not the most graceful tactic, but he and his space duck are going to make themselves scare.]