Put enough pieces together, and eventually, an image starts to take shape.

[ it took him most of his first life to defeat one false god, and now he's exploring the idea of talking on several, so he knows this isn't a sprint. asriel maintains a pace that's more like a machine than a person, though, which is easy for the low, low price of working to the exclusion of all else. ]

There are answers in that city; it's just a matter of getting them. The rest is testing, but that will take time. Equipment and samples don't appear overnight.

[ asriel already likes to hear himself talk, but the beer loosens him up to a bit of thinking aloud as well. ]

Does that mean I'm counting you in? You can say no, but you should still teach me some of those tricks of yours. It would be a shame to waste them.