It's surprising how much influence one can have even when one is supposed to be dead. Admittedly, sometimes it comes with a side of needing to come up with new pseudonyms periodically, but Tesla's done well enough for himself over the last 60 years or so, even if a lot of that was as much keeping off the radar as anything. (Not that he hadn't been entirely idle, but he always has known the Sanctuary well enough to not draw too much attention, most of the time.)
Still, it is a relief to not have to bother too much with customs, and he seems to be very nearly as glad to be in the air as Helen is, although how much of this is the prospect of what's yet to come is a little less than clear. Especially given that he knows very well that she's left herself wide open with that comment, and far be it for him to not take that and run with it.
(And he expects she expects no less of him, just as he expects she's aware that he at least suspects that she's left herself wide open on purpose.)
"Well," he begins, consideringly, "I can think of any of number of things, but I think any larger scale experiments involving magnetism might want to wait until we land. I wouldn't want to end up damaging any sensitive instruments." A pause. "Unless you thought to shield the cabin?"
Going on the words alone, it sounds very nearly harmless; a simple observation that planes are not well equipped the sort of thing he could bring to the table. By the tone of his voice and the crooked half-smile that accompanies his comment, however, he's talking about something very different.
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Still, it is a relief to not have to bother too much with customs, and he seems to be very nearly as glad to be in the air as Helen is, although how much of this is the prospect of what's yet to come is a little less than clear. Especially given that he knows very well that she's left herself wide open with that comment, and far be it for him to not take that and run with it.
(And he expects she expects no less of him, just as he expects she's aware that he at least suspects that she's left herself wide open on purpose.)
"Well," he begins, consideringly, "I can think of any of number of things, but I think any larger scale experiments involving magnetism might want to wait until we land. I wouldn't want to end up damaging any sensitive instruments." A pause. "Unless you thought to shield the cabin?"
Going on the words alone, it sounds very nearly harmless; a simple observation that planes are not well equipped the sort of thing he could bring to the table. By the tone of his voice and the crooked half-smile that accompanies his comment, however, he's talking about something very different.