[Oh, no. She's seen him. Xanth laughs, a little surprised, and then he tries twofold to curb his amusement. Now is not the time for laughing.]
U-Um. I, uh, it's, i-it's just--
O-Once, I-I was, uh, y-you and I, we... w-we took a little-- boat, o-out on a-- a beach, a-and then... w-well, there was this-- fish. It... it capsized o-our boat, a-and, um, sort of.
W-Well it, it didn't... try to eat us? B-But it-- it grabbed us, i-in its mouth. [He makes little grabby motions.] A-And then-- it-- spat us back out o-on the, the sand.
[Then, he twiddles his fingers, his smile finally abating.]
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U-Um. I, uh, it's, i-it's just--
O-Once, I-I was, uh, y-you and I, we... w-we took a little-- boat, o-out on a-- a beach, a-and then... w-well, there was this-- fish. It... it capsized o-our boat, a-and, um, sort of.
W-Well it, it didn't... try to eat us? B-But it-- it grabbed us, i-in its mouth. [He makes little grabby motions.] A-And then-- it-- spat us back out o-on the, the sand.
[Then, he twiddles his fingers, his smile finally abating.]
I-It's, um, it's not-- really-- th-that funny. S-Sorry.