Deathlord Frank (Part 1)

"Mwehehe!  You and your friends have proven your strength and your skill by reaching this place-"

"I mean...not really.  It's a pretty easy walk."  Wolf Knight interjected.

"Yeah, I think the Dark Undercold's infrastructure is actually better than Happyshine's, really."  Burning Mermaid chimed in.

"...But now we will test your mind!"  Deathlord Frank continued, ignoring them.

"Do you think he didn't hear us?"  Turbo Thunder asked.

"I'm pretty sure he's rehearsed this so much that he doesn't know how to improvise."  Wolf Knight replied, with a shrug.

"Silence!  I will now begin my riddle!"  Deathlord Frank shrieked.  "If a train leaves the Kingdom of Happyshine going 100 miles per hour towards this cavern, and another train leaves this cavern to Happyshine at 50 miles per hour, where will they crash?"  He finished his riddle and looked at them smugly as Wolf Knight and his companions exchanged glances.  "Ah-ha!  I have stumped you!"

"...What's a train?"  Turbo Thunder asked.

"What?"

"A train.  What is it?"

"What do you mean, what's a train?"

"I figured the question was pretty self-explanatory."

"It's like...a big metal transportation device."

"How does it move?"

"It's powered by fuel."

"What fuel?"

"You know, like coal."

"Okay.  How does it decide where to go?"

"It doesn't decide anything, it's a vehicle."

"Like a horse?"

"Um...sort of?"

"But a horse can decide where to go if it doesn't have a rider."

"It's not alive!"

"So it's like a cart?  Is it pulled by horses?"

"No!  It's propelled by fuel and a driver who directs it down rails!"

"What are rails?"

Wolf Knight and Burning Mermaid stared at the two of them as they went back and forth.

"Is this what it's like to be in a class with me?"  Wolf Knight asked.

"Pretty much."  Burning Mermaid replied.

"Geez...no wonder the council hates me."  He muttered.