What's that smell? asks David, waking up from his dream.
Pooh! says Vello. Smells like turps.
Spinoza comes back, with a bottle, followed by Stacey.
What is that smell? says Stacey, heading straight for the bin. She looks in.
Tch! THAT'S where he left it, she says. That dopey trainee!
She reaches into the bin and pulls out an oily rag wrapped round a bottle of turps.
Sorry about that everyone, she says. No wonder you all couldn't sleep.
Where's the zircon? asks Gaius. Is the zircon in there?
Zircon, what zircon? asks Stacey. There's nothing else there.
Not that bin, says Arthur. The other one.
Gaius opens the other one.
Let me out, says the zircon, from deep inside.
Gaius picks up the zircon.
A zircon! says Stacey. I always wanted a zircon.
You can have it, says Arthur. It's yours.
The zircon beams up at Stacey.
No snakes on your train from now on, says the zircon.
Stacey looks happy about that.
Hurrah! says Vello. No snakes on the train! Let's celebrate. Who's got something to drink?
I have, says Spinoza. Stacey found this. He waves his bottle in front of Vello.
What is it? says Vello, trying to look at the label. Retsina?
Yes, says Stacey. He wanted something piney and strong.
Let's all have some, says Arthur. Let's drink out of the bottle.
They pass the bottle around.
Haaaaa-aah! very strong, is retsina.
Spinoza is the first to get legless.
Whee-hee! says Spinoza, running up and down the aisle, skipping lightly over Gaius's claws, but having worse luck with the rolling pencils.
Whoops! Bang! He's on the floor with his legs in the air, just as the trainee walks in.
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