"Look who's talking," Schuldig replied with a faint smirk. It was impossible to miss the irony; the only reason neither Ken nor Aya had ever won a prize for bullheadedness was because they spent too much time locking horns to settle which of them deserved it more.

Stretching out more comfortably, he inquired, "So you've broken the news to him about me and Balinese, but you haven't told him about the two of you yet? Are you even attracted to this one?"