Oh -- you mean ask ahead of time, huh? [Rather than the other way around, as he's been doing.] That makes sense! It'd save a lot of time, too. I'll give it a try.

[He can test it out on the next loop, why not? He has time to kill so he can perfect the effort in the meantime.]

I've been doing it for free lately, though -- because of the restoration and all. I know it'll be a while before everything's back to the way it was, but the more we do, the faster it'll happen.

[Even if that means taking a paycut, but Ven's not worried about that, anyway.]