[ she catches the look, and responds with a quirk of her brows. is something wrong? did he not want her to hand him the item? she doesn't know, but he doesn't look like he wants to talk about it. ]

That's brilliant. [ her arms are folded, and she can't help it - lara gazes down at the machine he's tinkering with, something like pride reflecting in her eyes. he's a good kid. he's got a good future ahead of him. gotta keep it that way. ]

Not yet, no. So far the only way I've seen a robot is... [ well. ] The one you're working on now. Ancient civilizations had their ways, though, and their technology, it could be even more advanced than we know. Stranger things... I've encountered far stranger.

[ but she's smiling. ] You could go far with this kind of thing. Are you planning to study in technology?