At the very least, he knew that his advice fell on deaf ears. That he'd offered it at all was more his point, and what he would focus on. Look at how good and right he was, offering his little sister advice. Never mind if she never listened to him; at least, this way, he could also remark later with a very haughty I told you so if it came to that.

Of course, when he'd been her age, he hadn't exactly suffered from such eager friendship. He didn't really know what it was like at all. The first time he'd truly fallen for anyone had been Tori.

He snorted his amusement at that, but grinned all the same. "Well. What does she like?"