...She's a singer that "dies" when her song ends. [Well, that's his guess, anyway. Why he's bothering to indulge in your boredom he's not really sure of though. Must be because he's kind of bored himself.]
[Axel seems in a good mood, maybe a bit less restless.]
Nice riddle. Riddles do two things, y'know. Some riddles are clever tricks of semantics and wordplay and tell you a lot about the complexity of the mind which created them. Other riddles tell you nothing of their creator, but reveal the mechanisms of the minds of anyone who answers them.
Knowing you? The second. Anyone who's been here longer than a week already knows how complex your mind is. And if a clever person feels the need to prove their cleverness, all they're really proving is that they don't know whether or not they're clever. Yeah?
Hmm... maybe so. [Joshua grins.] Then again, maybe it's just a game with which to while away an hour or two. Listening to you, one would think I had some sort of hidden agenda.
The phrasing of the prompt allows for multiple answers. It does not specify that the cessation of the music and the woman's death are causally related. The two events could be coincidental. They might even have occurred at different times. In that case, the scenarios are limitless.
Did the woman die because the music stop? Or did the music stop because the woman died? Both of these phrasings allow for multiple answers, but in a more conceivable, finite amount.
Very true, Ark -- but that's a large part of the game. As it generally goes, people ask questions until they've worked out the specific scenario that the one who gave the prompt has in mind.
In this case, yes, the woman died because the music stopped.
[Another pause, and he drums his fingers restlessly on the windowsill a couple of times. He's pretty sure that however this ends up going, he's not entirely going to like it. He's also pretty sure that if he carries on as he has been, he's just going to quietly drive himself crazy pretty soon, so.]
You went on about hidden talents a bit, at the time, and... I was wondering, on the off chance that perhaps you were right. You've still got a little of your power here, so--
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Aww, come on. It doesn't say much for the Great Sorcerer Vaati-shan if he gives up so easily, does it?
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Nice riddle. Riddles do two things, y'know. Some riddles are clever tricks of semantics and wordplay and tell you a lot about the complexity of the mind which created them. Other riddles tell you nothing of their creator, but reveal the mechanisms of the minds of anyone who answers them.
Which is this, then...?
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Did the woman die because the music stop?
Or did the music stop because the woman died?
Both of these phrasings allow for multiple answers, but in a more conceivable, finite amount.
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In this case, yes, the woman died because the music stopped.
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Is the woman the source of the music or is someone else playing it?
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Someone else is playing it.
[Joshua raises an eyebrow.]
Do you really not know this one, Megumi?
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[Shrugs]
Same answer as usual. Ask away.
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...Back when you were first here, if I remember correctly, you, ah... mistook me for some kind of wizard, once.
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[Another pause, and he drums his fingers restlessly on the windowsill a couple of times. He's pretty sure that however this ends up going, he's not entirely going to like it. He's also pretty sure that if he carries on as he has been, he's just going to quietly drive himself crazy pretty soon, so.]
You went on about hidden talents a bit, at the time, and... I was wondering, on the off chance that perhaps you were right. You've still got a little of your power here, so--
[Pause, deep breath.]
...Look, would you be willing to teach me?
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