Nueva York was an even further removed place by a hundred years or so. The suit's circuitry had a mesoamerican quality to its curves and angles, something easier to see in the dim light. It was like embroidery, in the sense of being more personal compared to the straightforward build of the (somewhat functional) dimension-hopping watch.

"I did. I'd been mostly spending time building up some semblance of a lab near the workshop." he makes no effort to hide the frustration in his voice. The technology here was severely limited compared to what he was used to. But he was making do.

The last of the coffee will get sipped up as he waits for the water to begin to boil. It felt like using some ancient cauldron.