While on the one hand he does love listening to Will's brilliant ideas, he's also struggling not to get lost. Most of the words are understandable enough, and now after all this time he grasps some of the basics of the concepts, but what's all this about time?

Better not to ask right now. It's peaceful to sit here with him even if the problems they're left to grapple with are beyond him. He lets a few seconds lapse as he considers it all as well as he can, then turns his head to face Will as well as he can manage without breaking from the comfort of resting against his shoulder.

"Well, do you think we have time to work on it? We can always stay here and try to understand all that better before we go anywhere. It's not the worst place. If the light grows enough to make it down into the water, it might get safe enough to sail on the lake. I'd like to take you sailing."