"Isn't it a bit of a problem outsmarting each other when you're both the same person?" She pointed out, eyeing his profile as he rolled onto his back. But she didn’t push the subject. Elphaba had a thousand things she didn’t like to talk about, and she might as well give Jamie the same option. She had an opinion – of course she did – but she had changed from the years when she’d been a hot-headed, idealistic student, and didn’t speak it.
Instead Elphaba twisted over and crossed her arms over Jamie’s chest, resting her chin on top of them so she could examine his face. She cast around for a change of topic. “Did you know that the strawberry is part of the rose family?” she asked him.