"Technically, if we want to make this really scientific...," said Blackfire, speaking in Romanian this time, then switching over to Celtic, "...we'd have to form a hypothesis."

At this point, it wasn't just about learning the languages. That may have been her initial purpose, yes, but now she was just flirting and entertaining herself. He didn't seem to mind in the slightest. That earned him several points in his favour.

She changed yet again to Chinese. "So I *hypothesize* that you'll continue to not find the experience agonizing over repeated trials. So...how many trials would you say would qualify as a diverse enough sampling pool?"