*Jonah looked sideways at Sequoia,apparently admiring the sheer cuteness of her facial expression.Then he spoke.
"Well,dere be a problem I havin'.Ya see,dere be somthin' about me dat I ain't comfortable sharin' wit' da rest o' da populace 'ere.I thought ya might undahstand since you're...well, you.But I ain't tellin' ya a WORD unless yah swear ya ain't tellin noone else."
He glared at her intently.*
Sucks to be a weight on the wrong side of the brilliance-insanity scale.