"So this is what they mean by 'one track mind,' Alabaster muttered to no one in particular.<br/><br/>"What is what they mean?" Myri asked him innocently.<br/><br/>"Myri, do you remember that time I told you that people mutter when they don't want to be heard?"<br/><br/>"Oh."  Myri blushed slightly - a mean trick for someone made of bluish gel.  "I had forgotten.  Next time I'll remember not to hear you."<br/><br/>"Thanks awfully," Alabaster replied.  Then, in a voice loud enough for everyone to hear, "We'll stay here if it's all right with everyone," he announced.