[james takes that long drink from his glass before he turns to look at her, catching sight of the way her eyebrow lifts upward in challenge.

he smiles a tiny bit, and it tugs a little further even in its rustiness.]

It... tends to be harder for me to have fun than otherwise.

I often have to take endless moments, and balls are very common for me in my universe. [very, very common.]

I'm just... not very good at them anymore.