[ dimitri is not one to overindulge, but they're here to taste win and play newlyweds. so that's what he does. he writes a halting answer on the board. ]

Me neither. But we only need to get a few of these correct, don't we? It can't be that bad.

[ if he understands the rules of this correctly... ]

What do you suppose it is I— [ he gently revises the question ] like, then?