The perspective shifted back to the farewell meeting, situated in the oceanic dialect of Paratu, three Venetians using the "Sea Blue Elegance" sounded as if they were in encrypted communication.
Mr. Leo clearly found Andre's analogy puzzling, and he looked to Winters.
Winters sighed and explained the riddle to Mr. Leo.
"What a wonderful analogy," Mr. Leo laughed uncontrollably, "The first step is to bring the sheep across the river?"
"That's right," Andre suddenly grew excited, "How do you know?"
Mr. Leo seemed to have a great enthusiasm for solving the problem, "The second step? Bring the sheep back? Hmm, no, the sheep will eat the turnips..."
"Of course not," Andre said with some pride, "The second step is the key, it took me a long time to figure it out."
Winters' temples throbbed faintly. He had realized that Philip Leo always spoke differently depending on who he was talking to, seemingly flowing like a river of words, yet revealing nothing of substance.
