"Justin, get off that computer. You've got cleaning to finish" stated Gregory. "I'll do it later, I'm in a raid just now" came the shout from Justin's bedroom. "You're in a what?" asked the older wolf, pausing as he stood at the doorway to the boy's room. Justin sat at his computer desk, staring at the screen. The screen itself was surrounded by empty snack food containers, and Justin gave a curt reply, "A raid. My level 90 panda is fighting the azure serpent monster." "Well pause the game. I told you to do these dishes two hours ago!" snapped the older wolf, Gregory. His arms folded, a paternal look crossing his features. "I can't pause it, it's an online game" explained Justin, motioning to the headset that sat haphazardly over his ears, a small microphone hanging by his mouth. Gregory rubbed his ear. "Then finish it. I'm not going to argue with you about this, you've been on that computer for five hours!" "But daaad, my panda monk has been adventuring in the wilds of the mysterious blossom pagodas! I've only just taught him the silent crane whooping jump kick!" wined Justin. "If you're not off that computer before the count of five, I'm going to practice the open-paw thousand-smack art of paddle-fu on your little butt" said Gregory, giving a wry smirk. Justin flushed. "grumblegrumble" he replied, inaudibly. It was just like his adopted guardian to infuse punishment with some corny attempt at comedy. "What was that, lad? I didn't hear, you're grumbling" came Gregory's reply. Justin bit his lip, blushing terribly. He clicked to mute his mic, "I said, that's not fair. You already spanked me during a raid when my guild were fighting the undead god-king. They laughed about it for weeks - you didn't even give me time to turn the microphone off" Gregory let his eyes linger on his smile. "You learn slowly, young grasshopper. Now, get to the kitchen and resume your training." He turned, walking towards the stairway, calling over his shoulder to Justin, "Just like 'The Karate Kid'. Suds on, suds off!" "grumblegrumble" replied Justin