"So this is what you've been doing?"
Watch Me flinched guiltily. "I was going to tell you..."
"But?"
"... well, you know."
"I know." Prize sighed. "Did you at least get something out of it?"
He glanced over, past his logs to where Never Idle was still hard at work. "Not exactly."
"How surprisingly altruistic of you."
"I'm always altruistic. You're the stingy one."
"True enough."
There was a oddly comfortable pause, as they both simply thought their own thoughts and took in the moment.
"So," Watch Me ventured after a time, "are you taking me home now?"
She smiled faintly. "Not yet, we might as well wait around and see what he makes. The troupe will manage without you for a bit longer."