"Now, now, I have my hands full with more than your pitiful break and enter operations, though, colour me tickled of your adventures in Cairo. How many teeth did she have to pull to keep you there?" He was waiting to see how the power vacuum shaped up, willing and ready to capitalize in order to dig deeper into everything to do with the conspiracy.

However, that was for another time. They were currently engaged rather futilely in this odd storybook adventure.

He shrugged his shoulders, not finding the fact that he was assaulted to be particularly bothersome. It wasn't something he couldn't heal from. After all, the foliage around him was turning back and wilting. "Hardly. Every run-in creates experience to learn from. And you were obviously watching me, so that makes me think you've been here some time."