[keyboard clacking and computer beeping]
[clears throat]
Well, look who's here. Welcome to my world. You scared?
I'm remaining calm, thank you. I just wanted to, uh, return this. I found it among the new books and naturally, I though of you.
Cool. Thanks.
Uh, well, I'll-I'll see you anon.
Can't get out of here fast enough, can you?
Truthfully, I'm even less anxious to be around computers than I used to be.
Well, it was your book that started all the trouble, not a computer.
[sighs]
Honestly, what is it about them that bothers you so much?
The smell.
Computers don't smell, Rupert.
I know. Smell is the most powerful trigger to the memory there is. A certain flower or a whiff of smoke can bring up experiences long forgotten. Books smell musty and-and rich. The knowledge gained from a computer is-is... it has no-no texture, no-no context. It's there and then it's gone. If it's to last, then the getting of knowledge should be, uh, tangible. It should be, um... smelly.
Well, you really are an old-fashioned boy, aren't you?
Well, I-I don't dangle a corkscrew from my ear.
That's not where I dangle it.
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