The two young men picked up some old controllers from the drawer and booted up one of the fighting games that Julian had purchased for his own account a while back.
The game booted up to the screen; they both chose a character and then arrived at a floating arena in the middle of some kind of digital forest.
"Alright, do you know buttons?" Julian asked as he sat cross-legged on his chair.
"I don't need to know them. I'll crush you." Kiernan grabbed the controller awkwardly and turned to the screen.
"Heh, alright then."
3!
2!
1!
Fight!
The words and numbers flashed by the screen, and the fight then started.
Kiernan's character didn't move an inch. It only put its arms up in defense.
"Defense, what a surprise!" Julian moved his character forward and launched a few low kicks, but Kiernan's character crouched with the defensive stance and blocked the kicks.