（ reggie shakes his head with a grin as he starts to rearrange the board with a graceful sort of deftness. he carries himself with easy, enviable grace and surety of a man much older. ）

You can't be any worse-off than this yahoo here.

（ it's said with affection, and gene gives him a playful little push to the shoulder that he weathers with the tolerance of a fond older sibling. gene, as if remembering his southron manners, opts to introduce them. ）

Ah, Reg, this is David. David, Reggie Holiday. Just about the worst cat you ever could meet, so consider yourself fair warned.

（ but there's no heat to it, same as when reggie spoke. it's obviously just their dynamic with one-another: warm, fond, replete with gentle ribbing that don't ever toe the line of serious. reggie holds his hand out for a shake. ）

Any pal of Genie's, I suppose.