.

"Real men," Gunn stated with conviction, "don't play Bust-A-Move."

"Absolutely not," Wesley agreed. He looked in challenge at Gunn.

"However, if you're up for a game of Scrabble..."

"Just bring it, English."

Cordelia rolled her eyes at the show of male bravado. "Since when," she mused to herself, "is Scrabble considered manly?"

"Dennis, you'll play with me, won't you?" she asked her invisible roommate.

In response the PlayStation switched on and a controller floated to Cordelia's hand.

They were into the third game when Cordelia noticed something odd. Her balls were all the wrong colors at all of the wrong times. Her controls were less responsive then she remembered.

"Dennis!" Cordelia figured it out in a rush. "You're using your weird energy thingy to affect the PlayStation! You're **cheating**! Who taught you that?!"

At the table, Gunn and Wesley tried - and failed- to look innocent.