Well- [ And he drops the spoon, leans forward on the table again. ] No. Gotta lot of it. Sorta. Short supply'n all. It's the equipment that's the big problem. Ain't got none'a the cookware we need here. Need, like, the flasks, the burners, the- the respirators. That's what I'm workin' on.

Meantime, I can at least teach 'im the basics. The process, what he should be expectin' if we ever can get the cook up and movin'. [ Well. He pauses again, glances back into the house, the direction where he assumes the bedrooms are. ] Once he's ready for it, anyway.