The one in our car? It's perfectly functional. He didn't send you off with some other tire pump, did he?

No, the one from our car. He didn't trust it, but if you do, then all is well.

How rude of him! It's very reliable!

Have you consumed any Soylent recently? Would you like to? It's available.

I have absolutely no interest in consuming that nutrient slurry. I am going to stick to solid foods, but thank you so much for the offer of sharing your goo. Very kind of you.

But it's so convenient! You can put it in a tupperware and then dilute it until you have a whole day's worth of food! You never have to look for a microwave! It requires only a little preparation, and I do that part!

Exclamation marks! Are not enough! To make soylent sound appealing!

I'm not trying to make it sound appealing, taste-wise. I know that's impossible. I'm trying to make it an appealing alternative to carrying around sugary snack foods.

Ah. Well, with me, it's just competing with dry bagels. How can you expect it to win out against an opponent like that?

The other person who signed up to use the lab didn't come in. Solitude is glorious. These scans take longer to reconstruct, too, giving me more down time.

What are you scanning? What is reconstruction? What what?

Scans of teeth are imported to the computer as point clouds. I reconstruct the point clouds into surfaces. It's maaaaaagic.