Nathan gives a start at the flying buffalo wing, then plucks it off his lap and sets it on his napkin. The look he gives it suggests that wing may soon find itself inside a plastic ziplock bag. Then he looks back up at Conner.
"Now that's empiric. When we get back, you need to come down to the labs. I got a sample of that crystal and we've GOT to run some trials..."
Then he gives Amy a slightly condescending smile.
"As for technicians and their obsessions, I wouldn't read too much into it. It's human nature to project onto the unknown elements of the known. These creatures might have some kind of superficial resemblance to something from a game, causing him to jump to a conclusion."
"But believe me, nothing stranger has ever happened than the fictional creations of a few wargamers turning out to be somehow prescient of an alternate reality. And that includes the flying buffalo wing."
"Now that's empiric. When we get back, you need to come down to the labs. I got a sample of that crystal and we've GOT to run some trials..."
Then he gives Amy a slightly condescending smile.
"As for technicians and their obsessions, I wouldn't read too much into it. It's human nature to project onto the unknown elements of the known. These creatures might have some kind of superficial resemblance to something from a game, causing him to jump to a conclusion."
"But believe me, nothing stranger has ever happened than the fictional creations of a few wargamers turning out to be somehow prescient of an alternate reality. And that includes the flying buffalo wing."