I admit that giving him the means to record and distribute his music might be a mistake.

[It feels good, to joke around. There’s a sort of lightness in the atmosphere that he knows is radiating from both of them, given their recent success. He can’t deny that a burden has lifted.]

One of the possible uses for the Hexcore was environmental restoration. Imagine transmuting parts of the desert into farmland. [A dream, now that they’ve recognized the device for the inherent risk that it was. Better for it to be destroyed, given the current political situation and the fact that it was made clear during the procedure that none of them knew just what, exactly, they were truly dealing with.] But that’s ambitious. Possibly dangerous, given what we know now. I think it will be okay to start small.

[He has time, now.]