"Oh come on. Don't ruin my fun now! I was just about to find a lion to fight." It was easy to tease her right back. Simple, and his brain didn't think about it, just let the words fly right out of his mouth. Back to the way that they were naturally together, him and Mary. The rapport and teasing, the jokes in the face of bad shit. "And after that, I'd rented a guillotine..."
He drank more of the water, being careful with it for two reasons. One, he knew that going without water for a long time could cause one to be ill if they drank too much at once when they did get it. And two, he had no idea how simple it was to get pure water like this where they were. It seemed to him they were in a rain forest of some kind.
Johnny followed the gesture of her hand while she spoke, and looked at the trees as if he could see through them to what was on the other side.
"An island, huh?" Split between two islands, apparently. That was a hell of a thing. "How are we doing on basics? Food, water? Should I be conserving this?"