[Yes, he was right. This thing is completely stupid, and... all right, he's not thrilled about the queue, but. If it's this stupid, he must do it, and he must make Hector suffer alongside him.

It's quality time spent together.]

I'm beginning to think it may be rather easy to, er, slightly swindle the local population. [Which excludes them, obviously. They're going for a laugh, not to... to actually ponder an orb.]

And that I'm learning to new, very interesting things about you. I don't suppose you'll be enamored with watching me ponder and rub an orb for a full five minutes? We'll find some other balls to ponder after if it's... a bit too boring.