He's not happy, as he sketches out the signs and sigils. He generally isn't, these days.
He ran out of better options with the last of the cows.
He finishes the circle.
"So how do we get to space?"
She sounds excited, and rhythmic creaking of the floorboards suggests she may be bouncing.
"In a spaceship! Lemme verify that your Ben Franklin is like my Ben Franklin and then I will make us one. I need to know roughly how much you weigh."
"I'm not actually sure, I've never seen an elephant, but that's probably a good idea."
"Yeah, it's not like a big one is more expensive or anything. Elephants are at least a couple tons, full grown, sometimes more like seven."
Scale. "It's set to pounds but it'll do kilograms if you flip that red switch."
Cam's tail wags. "All right, looking up local Ben Franklin publications, just a sec..."
"If you can re-create everything there's not much reason to bring the library but if we don't we should do something to make sure nobody stumbles across it and decides to summon something dangerous."
"If we're leaving anyway...I'm probably going to outgrow the house before much longer. And. The town really doesn't like us."
"Old John Whately had weird books and Lavinnia Whately had a child out of wedlock and there've been rumors about inbreeding for generations--it's what they chalk me up to--and all their dogs hate me."