"He should have brought a barrel of- what do cows like? Apples? He should have brought a barrel of apples."

"Yeah! Apples and really nice hay."

"Defeating the Labyrinth with the power of bribery."

"Best way if you can't swing stabbing everything!"

"Seems more like Odysseus, really."

"Didn't he mostly do cleverness?"

"Yeah. If he had to kill the Minotaur he have lured it out, probably."

"That sounds like a you thing to do. Lure it into a trap."

"Well. Yeah. A head-on fight is its game. Don't need to play it if I don't have to."

She laughs. "Could be fun against a good enough opponent! I like fighting you head on. Though most people won't be worth it, probably, and being smart's its own arena."

"Doing it for fun is different than doing it to win."

"Heh, yeah. Though you can have fun even while trying to win."

"You can but you shouldn't be really caring about that part of it."

"Why not?"

"It's- a distraction."

"You don't like playing with your food?" she asks, teasingly.

"Only after it's already dead."

"Aww, but while it's alive is the best part."

"Says the one who thinks sheep are too cute to eat."

She laughs. "Yeah, and sensei banned cannibalism..."

"You'll have to start a garden or something, then."

"Might be neat! I liked sensei's at the old house."

"Plus you can be your own trowel."

"Makes it easier! Don't get tired either."

"A twenty-four hour gardener, for those pesky night-blooming flowers."