Androids measure time in units of seconds! One second is the time it takes a cesium atom to vibrate 9192631770 times. A year is about 31.5 megaseconds, a day is 86.4 kiloseconds.

...she finds their local method much more suited to her.

She is going to guess androids are better at doing a lot of math in their heads than humans here are! Wonders if humans or mages can get it through practice.

Cesium atom?

Everything is made out of little tiny bubbles called atoms. Different kinds of atoms have different properties. Cesium is one kind of atom, and one of its properties is that it vibrates at a steady rate when you shine a laser at it.

She would like to know more about this! (Laser?)

Like the Pod used, but lower power. Also, technically it would be a maser but the distinction is not really important at this stage.

She wants to know anyway! Is lower power like her blasts being able to go for branches and not whole trees?

More like a slightly warm beam.

She wants to know more (...she wants to know if she could make one). Also still wants to know more about 'atoms'.

Well, if she wants a basic chemistry lesson, he can give one. It'll fill up a lot of time, if he's allowed to keep talking.

Of course he's allowed to keep talking.

But eventually they get where they're going, right? Or something interesting happens, at least.

There's nothing particular interesting around. Genea will call breaks occasionally. If he can keep talking for the rest of the day then eventually it'll start getting dark and they'll stop for the night.

Chemistry is intricate, and they're starting from basically nothing.

Chemistry is fascinating.

She's glad Aye's happy.

It's getting dark and this looks like a good place to stop for the night.

"I can make light but it still makes for a good break point."

Do they need anything for the night?

"We do not."

They have bedrolls. Aye can grab more water and heat some of it so Genea can make some travel food. They can eat the food. Aye can grab more water to clean dishes, then dry them. 

"So - shooting me?"

"If you're sure..."

She is very sure. (She can set up all the needed protections to be appropriately unobtrusive and all that).

9S's Pod pops its gun out and takes careful aim.

Then fires.

One of the small bits of metal hits her in the leg.

Predictably, this hurts.

She lets her leg fold, take her partially to the ground.

She laughs.

"Oh, that's marvelous! Try more center mass now? Not my head, that'll take too long to deal with." She waves at her torso. "Around here. Oh, no, wait, I should heal first-"

Summon out the bullet, concentrate, concentrate, concentrate. She stands back up.

"There we are. Now try it!"

...Okay.