"If I could paint, I definitely would paint you, but. Can't, sorry."

"Aw. I guessed wrong."

"Try again later and win a prize," he teases.

"Ooh, what's the prize?"

"I have absolutely no idea!"

"Surprise mystery prize."

"All of those things, yes."

"Do you distribute the prize or just anticipate that it will fall out of the sky?"

"I will distribute it, I don't expect the sky to produce prizes. Unless the prize is inclement weather, but I don't think you want that."

"It's not much of a prize. How are you going to distribute a prize you don't even know what it is?"

"I'll figure it out," he laughs.

"What if I guess before you do, though, then what?"

"Then you get a slip of paper that says 'IOU' and you'll get it when I figure out what the prize is."

"I'm beginning to suspect this wasn't very much planned ahead of time."

"It really isn't."

"See if I hire you to run any contests for me."

He laughs. "Nooo, there go my dreams of running contests! They're shattered! I'm heartbroken."

"Awww, I don't want to break your heart. What will cheer you up?"

"Letting me run a contest in the future, obviously."

"What a dilemma. Do I be kind or be responsible?"

"Maaaybe you could placate me with something else," laughs Adarin. "Taking a third option."

"Such as? What do you like? I know not painting."

"Not painting!" he agrees. "Reading, I love books. Uh - I sort of lost a lot of hobbies, and I forgot about the ones that I had when I was younger, so I'll be vague rather than specifics. Introverty, some board games, some card games - I'm really not a party person. I like thinking, though - and I'm good at math."

"What kind of books?"

"Most of them, honestly. I think poetry's about the only thing that I get bored of reading, and that's because a lot of it tends to meander around and waste my time. History, fiction, non-fiction - it's basically all fine, but I do have a fondness for storybooks with clever protagonists."