Anna's still grinning, enjoying this too much to really feel remorse at the precise second, because it was worth it just for how Lloyd hides his face and all that, right now, and the cadence of his whine as it shapes exasperated and mortified around the word mom.

"I'm kidding, I'm kidding!" Anna laughs, still delighted. "Come on, aren't I allowed to tease my son a little! Just a teensy little bit??"

"Absolutely not," Malos says, reaching over and pulling her into a headlock, noogying her gently. "It's not allowed."

"What!!" Anna splutters, annoyed but mostly playing at it. "And why not?"

"Because if you start teasing him I get free reign to tease you about--"

"Oh Architect absolutely not," Anna says, and tries to pry Malos off of her so he'll stop noogying her. This ends the way it always does, with her dragging him to the ground with her and them wrestling playfully, Malos laughing loud and delighted until Anna forgets to be mad.

(It also probably serves as a great way to get the attention off of Lloyd, which might be what Malos had been going for.)