The princess and the pit viper

Oh boy this was gonna be harder than she thought. Why were adults so skeptical all the time? It was really dumb and inconvenient especially when she needed to get away with something. Skadi resisted the urge to frown down at the captive. "No?" she asked, stalling for time. This was gonna be hard. Why couldn't she just listen? Clearly, as someone outside the pit, she had the better character or whatever so if the woman would just think she'd realize Skadi was completely trustworthy. Never mind that she only wanted the woman to trust her so she could win a bet. That was an unimportant detail.

She peeked down at the woman with wide, innocent eyes. "But if you don't listen how will you know whether or not it's something you wanna know?" The question was a tangle and had been a bear to put together, but it made sense, right? That was an argument, wasn't it? If not maybe it was confusing enough to confuse the captive into wanting to listen out of bewilderment. Skadi would take whatever she could get.