“Well that’s very sweet of you to say so,” said Trudi, “and it’s nice to hear you again anyway. Not that I’m having second thoughts about not dating you for the next nine years. But from my perspective, I’ve never had the chance to eat you all up either. You said you were more than halfway down my throat by the time you zapped yourself back to the middle of the previous night. What was that like for you?”

“To be absolutely honest, it was incredibly arousing, moreso than anything else that ever happened between us,” Murray replied.

“Sounds absolutely dreamy. I don’t suppose you had any indication of what it would have been like for me.”

“You were smiling and making jokes about it, right up until you started licking me. I’m guessing you were having the time of your life too.”

“I’m sure I would have been.”

“Your smiles at that dinner table were the most stunning thrilling looks I’ve ever had from a woman, and even better from that towering angle, with the knowledge of what an advantage you had.”

“You’re really arousing me too right now,” said Trudi, “... Oh! Do you know how it feels to want this even more than I did at the time, and not be able to catch you again?”

“I guess it’s the reciprocal feeling that I had when I wanted to date you for nine years and couldn’t see a way to escape being eaten by you. Actually, I’m feeling the frustration right here and now of wanting to date you for nine years, and yet not being able to see you again because you’d have me down your throat within a day. I know exactly how the reciprocal feeling is.”

“I guess we’ve both got it bad for eachother, just in different ways,” said Trudi.

“I love you more than ever. I’ve missed you so much, beyond what I can express in one phone call,” said Murray.

“I love you too. Tell me one thing. If I changed my mind about dating you, would you take the risk of coming back to me, given that I could change my mind back again at any point, or even wait out the nine years of dating and then eat you up at the end of it?”

“That’s the most difficult question I’ve ever had to consider,” said Murray, “If you promised me the whole nine years, with no change of mind until the end of those years, I think I just might choose to enjoy that time with you and face my fate at the end, even give you that ending willingly for making me happy all that time. Are you considering any deals like that?”

“In one sense I’d like to wait patiently for nine years, and enjoy your affections as much as I could in that time. But to be honest, look what happened. I was going to date you, and the very next morning I decided to have you for dinner that coming night. I’d give anything to have you back in my clutches and look forward to eating you all up for good. I just don’t want to make a promise that I most likely will not be able to keep.”