"I swear Xellos, if you try anything there's not gonna be enough of you left to fit into an ashtray."
"Try what, Lina-chan? I'm not going to do anything."
She glared. "And let's just keep it that way, shall we?"
Five minutes later:
"Lina-chan, I'm bored."
"Well, what d'you except me to do about it?"
"Oh, I don't know … did you bring anything good to read?"
"Do you think that I brought anything good to read?"
"Oh, I don't know … I wouldn't think it would be very interesting just walking around in the woods all day."
"Of course it's not! But if I was reading and walking at the same time I would probably crash into a tree. Plus, I've got to keep my eyes open if I want to find a doctor to fix up Amelia."
"Oh, right … so what should we do now?"
"I don't know … why don't you try sleeping? Mazoku do sleep, right?"
"If it suits our purpose."
Lina stared at him for a second.
"Oookay."
"Say, why don't we play a game?"
"What kind of game?"
"How about twenty questions? I'll think of something and you have to guess what it is. You get twenty questions, but they have to be ones where I can give yes or no answers."
"Alright then."
"I'll give you a hint -- it's something that's in this cabin."
"Okay … is it that old moose head over there?"
"Nope. That's one question."
"Is it the couch?"
"No. Two questions."
"Is it on the floor or up on top of something?"
"Part of it is on the floor. That's three questions."
"Part of it is on the floor? Uh … is it the wall?"
"No."
"The bed?"
"No."
"The rug?"
"Of course not! The rug isn't part off the floor."
"Yes it is -- see, three of the edges are propped up against the walls."
"Oh. Well, that's not it. Now that's six questions…"