Rita's eyes widened when the creature spoke, but once the initial surprise wore off, she watched it with a mostly indifferent look, more interested in its words than its appearance. So what if she offended it? 'Thing' was a perfectly fine word to use for something that sat around all day like an inanimate object.

Fortunately, the conditions of the trial were laid out neatly before them, and what was even more surprising was that they had the option to leave. That was unusually generous, considering where this was. While Rita had some reservations about the challenge, she wasn't about to let their efforts go to waste by quitting here. Besides, she was confident in her reasoning ability. Surely she could figure out any puzzle the lion-thing could come up with.

"All right, let's do this," she agreed casually, then looked to Goku with a warning glare. "And you, just stay quiet and let me and Taura solve this." Any contribution of his was sure to lead to a messy, unnecessary battle.