"I'm dating him because he seemed fun," Garnet said. "I'm new in the area and he seems nice."

Yasmin shrugged.

"Christians," she said.  "That's not really a thing for us.  For obvious reasons.  Fire bad."

Banji nodded, reluctantly.

"He is nice," she said.  "All right.  Accept you."

"Sure, just saying. I have a lot of trivia in my head," Rania said.

"Okay, good. So, you sometimes run with his pack, eh?" Garnet said.

"Oh, sure," said Yasmin.  "It's actually a really neat thing about you.  You know so much!"

"When they let me," said Banji.

"Okay, I guess I've seen your dog a time or two?" John said, thinking back.  "Not often, though."

"Some are scary," said Banji.  "...you aren't, John."

"Thanks, I mean, some of it is probably the riddles thing," Rania said.

"I can be pretty scary when I try, but that's thanks to being half-dragon," Garnet said.

"You are," said Banji.  "...maybe John needs that?  I don't know."

"That's still cool..." said Yasmin.  She looked Rania over.  "You still like riddles a lot, just day-to-day too, don't you?"

"It is what we're known for," Rania said.

"You could still sense it? I didn't even turn it on," Garnet said.

"...you were scary before, chasing me," said Banji.

"Well, sure," said Yasmin.  "I just hadn't really thought about that before... but it's neat!  I don't know if I can solve them all, of course... but there's one that I think I'm figuring out.  Probably.  Maybe."

"Oh? Which one is that?" Rania asked.

"Ah. Sorry," Garnet said.

Yasmin grinned and held a finger to her lips.

"That one's a secret!  But we'll see..."

"...it's all right," said Banji.  Was she reluctant to say that?  But then a thought made her smile.

"Were you being protective of him?"

"Okay, but you have to tell me eventually," Rania said.

"Kinda ya. I wanted to know who you were and what you were doing. I thought you might have been a spy or something," Garnet said.

"That's fine, then," said Banji, nodding.  "...with one understanding that we must have, of course."

"Oh, I will," said Yasmin.  "Maybe soon.  And I could be wrong, of course..."

"That's fair," Rania said.

"Sure. What's that?" Garnet asked.