[Oh wow, that's a lot of admiration and Varian's not sure what to do with that. Usually, he's the one looking up doe-eyed at others. He doesn't know how to handle being on the receiving end of this. ]
H-hah, a little bit older, but yeah.
[When he was Alberto's age he was trying to murder the royal family with robots. ]
But yeah, I guess that's...me. I um, make all sorts of things. But the thing I'm proud of that I not long finished was a hot water system for the whole kingdom. [A beat.] I'm from a long time in the past to...here, so...we didn't have running water before, much less hot running water. It took me years to figure out, and now everyone gets it.
[EVERYONE. He was very adamant this was not something that would be given only to the rich. Every single resident of Corona, from the richest to the poorest would have access to this, and he'd fight for that for every single thing he made for the rest of his days. Thankfully, he knows Rapunzel will be in his corner for that. ]
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H-hah, a little bit older, but yeah.
[When he was Alberto's age he was trying to murder the royal family with robots. ]
But yeah, I guess that's...me. I um, make all sorts of things. But the thing I'm proud of that I not long finished was a hot water system for the whole kingdom. [A beat.] I'm from a long time in the past to...here, so...we didn't have running water before, much less hot running water. It took me years to figure out, and now everyone gets it.
[EVERYONE. He was very adamant this was not something that would be given only to the rich. Every single resident of Corona, from the richest to the poorest would have access to this, and he'd fight for that for every single thing he made for the rest of his days. Thankfully, he knows Rapunzel will be in his corner for that. ]