"You're caught up now. I need someone else who knows what's happened here when I tell my parents. I don't know if I'd manage it otherwise." Maggie wraps an arm tightly around Sweets and relaxes against him.

"Thank you for trusting me, and for taking things so calmly. I know that was a lot to take in. There are a few more bits of science that might be of interest," related to the reservoir conditions, for instance, "but we have time for that later."

The bare bones of it were more than enough for one night.