"I'll tell him you said that!" James said, just because it made him feel powerful.

Claude just rolled his eyes. “If you are going to be childish like that why would I let you stay?”

James ran a little so that he could walk next to his brother, though just beyond arm's length, in case Claude decided to box his ears. "Because you'd rather have me be childish where you can watch me than where you can't," he said, feeling proud of his own cleverness.