"But -- but I could figure out how he works! And maybe impro--"

No, Topher. That was the wrong direction entirely.

"I mean, I could do tests! To check that he's, you know, in... working order! And, since he's from a whole different dimension, it could help me figure out all the weirdness that's going on!"

Yeah, no, not really. But he thought it would, and that was cute.