We can chalk that up to the fact that... last week was a complicated mess, this week is no better, and I'm trying to clear my head out.

[Yes, he may have announced his feelings over the journals, but that doesn't mean he wants to talk about it... especially when there's a more interesting topic at hand.]

Well someone from your world has to have made them, right? I'd hate for you to tell me now that they grow on trees or something. [He folds his hands over his chest, huffing a bit, but it's very short-lived.] Well, you can push the button, and it opens up. But no, nothing interesting. I don't know how to construct the power source for it.