I talked to Senku about buying something from home. [ He starts his explanation simple - the subject, the emotion connected it, not one to be underestimated, but he's at least been thinking about this to have some cool. ] He was pretty affected by that storm we had, and... we made a deal. To try and get something from our homes. 'Cause, you know, [ and this gets a small pause from it- ] --cause I couldn't give a good reason wouldn't work for me.

[ But Roland would know, out of anyone. If he remembered that the city, the people -- everything came from the same energy, the same required source. ]

I guess I just wondered... no reason, really. [ But then, there's no reason for him to hesitate. To be thinking about it, to have it stir about in his stomach, his heart. His head bobbing to the side, as if in indifference. ]

I should probably tell him I tried and it didn't work.