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Adah lifted her eyes toward the Eel with a sardonic glance. "There's no trying involved. I read upside down writing very well, remember?"

"Right," Lee said and tapped his fingers against the notebook. "Did you enjoy my very boring notes about my classes?"

"Not particularly," Adah admitted with a smirk and a light shake of her head. "But out of my options for distractions right now, they're turning out to be the most interesting."

"Oh, ouch," he said and tapped his chest. "I'm not distracting enough? Me and my smile?"

Adah gave her head a slow, rueful sort of shake. "Not yet, no," she told him. "You'll have to try harder; words are more attractive than people."

He smiled and leaned across the desk some more. "See, and I thought you thought I talked too much."

"Written words," Adah specified, fighting back a grin as she narrowed her eyes slight at the Eel's forward lean. "Smart ass. You do talk too much. Most people do."

"Oh, you weren't specific enough," he chided, waggling a finger at her. "And here I was going to just start talking and never stop."

"And here I was thinking," Adah wrinkled her nose at that waggling finger, "that you would probably start talking and never stop no matter what. You usually do..."

"I am sometimes quiet," he pointed out. "When I have a good reason to be."

"And when," Adah challenged with a grin, "is a good reason to be quiet, hm?"

"Well..." He paused, looking thoughtful. "When I'm sleeping or when I'm eating...well, that's pattern. When my mouth is otherwise occupied, I'd say."

"So you don't talk much in your sleep," Adah mused with a light smile, tilting her head. "That's disappointing; it lessens the chances of discovering your secrets if you did. I have to admit, though, I like your last reason. That's a good one..."

"Well, see, I don't know if I talk in my sleep since I'm asleep," he pointed out. "Someone would have to tell me if I did while I was sleeping."

"Well, I've never noticed," Adah assured him, although she knew her exposure to that sort of thing was, in her opinion, unfortunately low. "But perhaps I should interrogate your roommate. Of course, do you have secrets that you'd risk babbling in the throes of REM? I'd hate to waste my time to discover nothing...."

"I might," he said vaguely. "You know a lot about me but not...everything."

Adah bit down on a corner of her mouth, against a small smirk. "I do love a good intrigue. Do I get an idea of where I can start?"

"Oh no no," he said and shook a finger. "You're smart and hints would make it too easy."

Adah allowed her smirk to slip out. "I certainly can't argue that point."

"I didn't think you would," he said and returned her smile. "After all, you wouldn't tell me your birthday, I'm not telling you any secrets of mine that yu don't already know."

Chuckling a little, Adah realized that she'd nearly forgotten about the birthday thing. "Have you made any progress on that, by the way?" she wondered, curiously amused.

"Maybe," Lee lied. "Maybe I know and I'm keeping it a secret too."

"You know I'm only going to take that as you pretty much admitting that you haven't got a clue," Adah pointed out, fondly.

"No, I have a clue," he said, nodding. "I have a one in twelve chance of guessing the right month."

"You," Adah pronounced with particular amusement, grinning at the Eel with a little, contemplating lean forward, "are just incredibly on the ball today. I'm impressed."

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