Exactly! [he points at him, grinning, feeling that same electric connection of nerdery he'd felt in Hogan's apartment. he's glad he has the chance to feel like this again: like a mentor. he knows in this moment that he's fortunate beyond measure. as he starts filling the bags, the two make a neat little assembly line]

She had already started work on trying to predict changes, so a lot of baseline factors should already be established. I need to figure out where I want to start, besides just the weaknesses ... I've been going through the volumes of that Spengler guide. Have you read it yet? Interesting as hell.