Ask
Ask verb - To put a question or questions to.
Retorts
Both words in one sentence
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He retorts that she might as well ask for a pony if she's going to wish for unlikely things.
Source: All Girls Like Ponies - When the staff ask why the daughter can't stay with the human's family, the soldier retorts that they disowned her for marrying an asari; did the staffmember think there was any chance they'd take in her asari daughter?
Source: Maligned Mixed Marriage
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