"I keep telling you; this isn't my fault. There was an engine problem, and I was nowhere near the engine. You were with me, you should know that."

"Doesn't matter; you said [i]it.[/i]"

"Wow, you're really convinced that you can tempt fate, aren't you?"

"You're a scientist-"

"Alchemist."

"-so you should be able to understand that when one event occurs after a different event enough times, then it becomes safe to assume that the later causes the former."

"That still doesn't account for the 'how'. That's pretty important too. Besides, how many times could you-"

"Eleven."

"Sorry?"

"I've seen people say something like 'what could possible go wrong', only for things to go horrible wrong eleven times. Not counting just now."

"You...kept count?"

"It'd be hard not to. The things I saw tend to stick with a person for life."

"Wow. You sound like a grizzled old war vet, you know."

"Huh, I think that came out wrong then. What I meant is that during those times, insanity and utter frustration that I haven't been able to forget."

"Well that's less dark. Still, you really need to tell me some of your stories; the giant spider one you mentioned a few hours ago sounds exciting."

"Trust me; it wasn't. It just left me with an instinct to burn any spiders on sight."

"Still sounds fun."

Two boys made their way through through a dense forest. One of them had black hair, and the other's was red. "You're positive that thing can lead us to Tsukiko right?" the black haired one asked, as he looked at a small petri dish in the other boy's hands. It was filled with water and had a single strand of hair pushed against the side. Coincidentally, in the same direction they were walking.

"Nathan, just chill man. Cobbling together a compass to find someone is easy if you have a lock of their hair." The one with red hair replied

"Yeah...about that; why [i]do[/i] you have a lock of her hair?"

"Why else; for this very scenario."

"Okay, but [i]how[/i] did you get it?"

"It was stuck to her clothes, I picked it off, and decided it could be useful."

"I'm suddenly a lot less comfortable being alone in a forest with you Danny."