Blue Bee Bottle Bus

Terence is sitting at the back of the bus with Ageless.

This has been a long journey.

Are we....begins Terence.

No, says Ageless. We're not there yet. And why ask me?

Because you can see out of the window, says Terence.

So can you, says Ageless.

But I'm not looking, says Terence.

Look, says Ageless. 

I don't know what Whyalla looks like, says Terence.

Not like this, says Ageless. 

Terence looks out of the window to see what Whyalla doesn't look like.

Long and brown and flat with low bushes, no trees, and a straight railway line close to the road.

Is Whyalla the opposite? asks Terence.

In a way, says Ageless. There are buildings, and a port. Some things are the same.

Terence hopes that he doesn't mean the long brownness.

Want to play Cannot But Be? asks Terence.

No, says Ageless. I just want to relax.

You can play and relax at the same time, says Terence. What about I Spy?

Okay, says Ageless. You go first.

I spy something that's brown, says Terence.

Everything, says Ageless.

Correct, says Terence. Now it's your turn.

I spy something starting with B, says Ageless.

That's not a colour, says Terence.

Blue is, says Ageless.

Now you've told me! says Terence.

But it's not the right answer, says Ageless.

You're cheating, says Terence. You can't have two goes.

I'm not having two goes, says Ageless. You just haven't got it. 

Bee? says Terence.

Yes, B,  says Ageless.

 I got it! says Terence.

That's not the answer, says Ageless. That's the question.

Are we playing Cannot But Be? asks Terence.

I'm not, says Ageless. What else starts with B?

Bumhole, says Terence.

It has to be something I can see, says Ageless.

Bottle, says Terence.

Where is the bottle? asks Ageless.

Terence realises that he can't see a bottle. So Ageless probably can't see a bottle.

Give me a clue, says Terence.

 We're in it, says Ageless.

In the clue? says Terence. 

That IS the clue, says Ageless. We're not IN it.

I give up, says Terence.

BUS! says Ageless.

You said we weren't in it, says Terence.

I said we were, says Ageless.

Yes he did say that, before he said the opposite.

Terence always knew Ageless was tricky.