What fun would it be if there were no challenge? One of the true measures of a victory is the magnitude of the adversity you overcame to achieve it. And I wouldn't be the best if it weren't the best I was outsmarting.

[He's taking it well — something she's glad for, frankly, because her remark could've taken this conversation in a number of ways but the direction it's gone in is light and not burdened with too much conflict — and she's not about to press it any more than he is. Accepting what's there doesn't have to involve making it an issue. At least, not tonight.]

And I am the best.

[And he's the one who chases her, these days.]