"I guess I'll have to go about it delicately," he said, crunching another M&M and frowning up at Alfred when he spoke again. He was rather sure that the other boy liked his cousin far more than he did, but then he'd never really been one to tread lightly for fear of hurting someone's feelings. There were precious few people he would be so careful with.

Alfred wasn't one of them.

"She attempts to pick on me, but she's never been quite up to the task," Arthur replied, shrugging and drifting over to a stall to inspect some figurines. He glanced over his shoulder to make sure Alfred had followed, then went on. "And I have no problems hitting her back if she decides to follow my brothers' example."