Fred's hint of a smile faded as the doctor seemed upset; she'd actually thought it'd been a good idea to have him in the middle. It wasn't like she saved virgins from minotaurs in fun houses daily. It wasn't like she saved virgins daily. Or visited fun houses daily. She'd never even seen a minotaur. But, she'd thought it'd been a good idea.
"You can help when the minotaur comes?" Fred answered the crazy mean lady. The poor scientist didn't know if her ideas were good enough now or not. It didn't take much sometimes.