How easy he makes it sound—but that's all mad plans, isn't it? Laughable, in one way or another, until they succeed.

"If we're to learn anything worthwhile of that other place," no there isn't any reason to pick on this term for it, and yes he did so anyway, "such as how to avoid it, odds are we'll need to return there intentionally. Hopefully it will less resemble a schoolyard if our thoughts are intact."

At last, his attention slips sideways to land on Ralston directly, rather than only lingering around him in the fashion of one accustomed to overlooking the humanity of his accessory humans.

"Have you tried?"