"An agreeable arrangement to me!" After all, that gave him plenty of time to mull things over and decide precisely what he was going to guess about Tyki next. Besides, Tyki was right: this did make the game interesting.

"I do wonder, though. Have I told you yet about the reason I joined the carnival? It's purposeful, so it might not be as fun for you to guess, but we might as well keep the playing field equal."