if i think i can figure things out, is that curiosity or arrogance?

"Fair," Topher said, pulling up the scans. "Okay, so look," he said, making the window big so she could see. "This first set here's the atmospheric readings. Different atoms in the air, that kind of thing." He scrolled down, occasionally pointing out particular numbers in the different columns of data. "So it's pretty consistent, right? But then you hit the six-hour mark..."

And then the numbers went from being fairly consistent to wildly sporadic, fluctuating high and low and all over the place until eventually all the numbers were zeroes, and then finally, a long line of ERROR. ERROR. ERROR.