Now that was a twist. Calling her human. Either she was off base with some of her assumptions about him or she couldn't identify the game. Either way, it sparked her interest enough to keep her from getting bored.

A rare commodity, these days.

"I'm afraid you're turning to the wrong person for modern turns of phrase," she said. "I'm from 1932. A relic, or so I'm told. Most people here seem to be from the early 2000s."