Of course I don't look old. [ He's not explaining that any further, this conversation is starting to be genuinely funny. ] I feel old, certainly, but it would be pointless if I aged conventionally.

Netbattling was used to refer to combat between netnavis, yes. Some things don't change, even between generations, though. Humans acquired new partners, and formed the same bonds.

They're really difficult to deal with sometimes, aren't they? But, well, I guess if they weren't so stubborn, they wouldn't be themselves.