No time for jokes," Nakamura said. "Is Neil there?""Let's just say I'm Sleeping Beauty's personal assistant right now.""I guess that makes you Waking Ugly?""I thought you said this was no time for jokes. That was a joke, right?

Where have you been?" he asked slowly."Um, in the bathroom, mostly," Larry said. Let's just say my plumbing is not working any better than Mexico City's.

WHHHHHHHHHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAT?Ah. I see we are now into the second movement of the Nakamura Suite in G-Minor!

Nakamura considered this. "I hesitate to agree, but that was probably a good idea.""A compliment! My goodness, let me mark the day on my calendar!""That's why I hesitated to agree," Nakamura said with a note of weariness.