(Very firm and solemn.) “You know, you can be quite cruel sometimes, Barok.”

(Very serious, somewhat jittery, barely hopeful at the end.) “... They cannot take it away, Barok. And, it-it was an accident, yes… perhaps… perhaps my calculations were off– but! They can’t take it all away from me. Innocence would mean nothing without the instantaneous kinesis machine. No one would ever pay any mind to my hypotheses again, I’d be run out of every university in Europe. I– I’d have to start over in some other hideous career and still, even if they say I’m innocent, you know the world always remembers, so I need…" (Sigh/Pause.) "The Eastern attorney– Mr. Naruhodou– he offered to take my case. But ah, I suppose you already knew that if you're..." (Throat clear.) “Do you think he will genuinely listen to me? That it was an accident? Can he really protect the machine??"

(Explode with audacity! Go big and have fun!) "That’s horrendous!! That’s a fate worse than death I tell you! Do you know how hard it is to get some of those things?? Albemics and calcinators must be handmade by glassblowers from Germany, France, or Spain, they cannot be mass-produced, and-and they are far from cheap let me tell you! Do you even know what it cost for me to have a set shipped across the strait??”