[ It's almost hilarious how quickly he's gone from saying he had nothing to talk about with her, to holding an entire conversation with her and even allowing her to stroke his ego a little bit. Nice. ] Well, I can't wait to see what else you come up with. [ Y'know. Assuming he does it... here. ] Yeah, you're right. Still... maybe there's a way to harness it or something. Ah, maybe not though, with the lack of rain and thunderstorms...

[ Maybe not. It's hard to believe that there's no electricity at all. ]

You're right. Age is just a number, it's the amount of work and determination that you put into something that really counts. [ Something that she has to remind herself of a lot, lately. Had, rather -- her dream of being a big time model is pretty much dead in the water now. ] You've done a lot of hard work, then. That's amazing.