"Why, thank you, sweetheart."

"I like you. Lots."

"I like you a lot too."

Bright grin! "Excellent."

"We should keep the next girl a bit longer," she teases then. "Let me have time to kiss you nice and thoroughly."

"Make a weekend of it."

"Mmm, yes."

Laugh.

"Well, first I have to dispose of this toy."

Dramatic sigh. "True, true. And then we have to find the next one..."

"So much to do."

"Our lives are a whirlwind of responsibilities."

She giggles, and stands up to start disposing of the body.

She keeps Ellie company - of course, the river remains the best place to dump things you don't want found.

After she's ensured the body is sufficiently unrecognizable, of course.

You know, she could also just make it all decay to nothing off in the woods... It'd be good practice.

Less chance of having to deal with intrusive murder investigations, too. She'll do that.

Murder investigations are so annoying.

She walks Ellie through any subtleties she hasn't dug up from the books yet.

Ellie's got a pretty good grasp on most of it, but the help's nice.

And soon, they have a nice pile of compost.

She's sure the trees will appreciate it. 

They're sure to be very well-fed in the future.

"Very environmentally friendly of us."

"We're doing our part."

"Making the world a better place."

"One tortured dead girl at a time."

"A very, very nice place."

Hee.