[He laughs a little because it does make Tonic sound like some sheltered scholar, but he finds it a little bit precious. And he can't wait to show him the real thing. In the meantime, he'll regale him with stories and pamper him with gold and oil--which he pours a little more of into his hand.]

And then you have weather on top of that, and the time of the year. In the autumn, sometimes you can find the moon looming down near the earth, enormous and red, looking like the world is about to come to an end.