Eddy jumped back in surprise. He rubbed his hands together and licked his 
lips. "Now, Peter. Peter. No need.... I think you’re not quite seeing. Seeing.
Seeing the opportunity. Here." He gestured to the portable. "What you have here,
this is fine. But tell me honest. Aren’t you going to need more? For your
research project. You’re you’re bright.... smartest troll I ever met, truth,
truth, but no one’s going to take you in. You’re on your own, aren’t you? And
nothing’s going to change that. Except me. I make you not alone. And I can help
you get what you need. I may not understand what you’re up to. Up to. I don’t. I
don’t understand what you’re up to. But I know that it’s going to take more than
a few hundred dollars a week. Right? Right?"