Shrug. "Yeah I don't really have a feeling for either of those and you were just looking at a dictionary in more depth than I was so you're probably right but I think you get what I mean?"

"Yes, I think so."

"If you have a better idea I'm all ears but given their limited quantity and the sheer insanity of the interface..."

"For nouns you could get, like, pictures of stuff and ask 'what am I looking at'."

"Yeah, for nouns that is fairly easy, I'm just worried about the more esoteric meanings that will doubtlessly crop up eventually."

"Yeah. But we could maybe bootstrap."

"Well, we'll have to at least a little bit to build any knowledge."

Their food appears.

Nommmm.

She's a pretty quick eater.

And her convenient tattoo means they don't even have to pay.

"I want to go be a nerd some more right now but I should actually get some US dollars, I shouldn't rely on our less-than-twenty-four-hour-long acquaintance chemistry as my sole means of acquiring food."

"Wise of you. You remember where the bank's at?"

"Few blocks west from the house you're in, I believe you said."

"Mm-hm. I'm gonna be a ways across town doing magic stuff with Metis at sunset, if you take long enough for that to matter, but I'll leave the door unlocked and won't let the curse on trespassers bite ya."

He grins. "Curse on trespassers, nice. Thanks for that. Luca might want to race you back, though."

"But Luca, tree forty."

"What does that mean?"

"Means I'll win. Tree forty is cloud-pine."

"Then I'll try harder."

"Good luck."

"Thank you."

Sadde gets up.

Isabella goes out and waits for Luca to be ready before taking off down the street.

He flies as fast as he's ever flown.

She wins.