Lion Head Mesa It's already too late

Yes. Yes! He'd gotten it right! Oh, what a relief.

Then she asked of treasures. Of his treasures. Did he? She seemed to think so. But how would she know if his answer were true. Thus, he would reply with a cool tease of his own. M-.. may-.. Now.. he'd heard this word many times. How hard could it honestly be to pronounce!

Ma-..haybee. Close enough. Hopefully the small, playful grin he'd added towards the end would dismiss his, yet again, feeble and almost utterly failed attempts.