"Imagine I will," she answered with a small sigh. "I can't believe that I'm letting you do this. But, yknow, could we go now - quickly, before I change my mind and decide that I don't want my atomic structure to be forced into doing something that it shouldn't - shouldn't even be possible."
"And when we get there you can tell me why you hate the name Bastian," she paused for a moment before adding, "Well, after I have to fight your dog."