"Yes," Omega chirps. "Chemistry is part of the foundation. Do you know how antibiotics work? It's very exciting. They get inside bacteria, some of them, and when the bacteria go to divide, pop! They explode." He illustrates with a flick of his fingers. "That's chemistry. I can skip around to the interesting bits in the book, too.

He thinks about that for a second. "You know, you can just come over, we don't need to be busy. They really liked that movie. Iota has replicated the robot out of play-doh. It watches him sleep."