[So much time, and so much to do in it. And it moves so quickly, when it bothers moving at all. Just a blink and months go by. Really, it's a wonder anything gets done at all, sometimes.]

Very considerate of them. You usually don't get service like this in, oh, say, the average abandoned labor mine.

[Which may or may not look suspiciously like a quarry.]

I don't know, do you suppose there's some kind of trick to this?

[The examining of the pocket watch continues unabated.]

Something to do with the method of transmission, maybe, and of course, there's always the chance that someone's listening in.