Genesis

10

"Don't want to talk? Well, let's each ask each other a question. You don't have to put down the arrow, and I won't put down the knife until the question is over."

I pondered for a moment, "Okay, but what if I don't think the answer is satisfactory?"

"Then just do it." Her voice was very brisk, and she didn't seem to be in a confrontation at all. "Answer my question first. How did you find out?"

"Because you were impatient."

"Me?"

"If you were going to play cowardly, you shouldn't have taken your shirt off."

"Right! But if I hadn’t taken off my shirt, you wouldn't have come near me enough for me to cut your throat." She muttered as if she felt unhappy that she couldn’t kill me.

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"It's my turn to ask." I said, "Why didn't you kill me by the lake?"

"When I was about to do it, you got me into the water. In the water, your arms are so long that the scalpel couldn't reach your neck."

"What about the gun? My gun was in your hand."