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He laughed and shook her as he did so and Xando gritted her teeth, gently, wondering how long she would have to enduer this... this... indignity.
Still, as he calmed down he asked her another question and she nodded "I didn't answer your question did I? My apologies for that scurrilous oversight on my part. I must have found myself so overwhelmed with the augustness of your vicinity that I was moved to temporary amnesia to sit happily alongside the permanent one that I have upon emerging from my slumber here anyhow. " it was time to test how smart this giant was. He might be able to understand some of the things that she said, but how much would determine a lot about the next few weeks.
"But I am an archaeologist, or training to be anyhow. I am learning to .. well excavate things and places. What about you, what are your goals that you need to accomplish?" she asked, one perfect eyebrow raised as she asked the question.
She dreaded to think.
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