Well, he's certainly friendly enough for that, it wouldn't surprise me. [ Which is a good thing, Bruce thinks. ]

He told me a little bit about that, about alchemy in your world. We don't really have that kind of thing, not in the same sense that you do. The word isn't foreign to me, though, nor the concept— it's just an impossibility, in the version of Earth I come from. [ He nods. ] But I agree, yes. You could have an interesting take on things, and if nothing else I'd love to learn more about the process.