Both Weber and his king were very good at poker, in no small part because they had on more than one occasion had played a game where whole worlds were riding on their ability to hide their emotions and to bluff. So they showed no response to the Doctor's open monologue.

Weber did, however, lean forward when the subject of the hourglass came up. "Don't touch the hourglass. Don't try to do anything with it."

"It could be entertaining," said the king.

"Yes," replied the liar. "It could be entertaining to see your reaction if they tried it while, say, Naminé was fighting? Or Callindora?"

The king and the liar looked at each other for a moment. Then the king accepted his loss. "Very well. The hourglass will only bring death. Leave it."