Land of the Lustrous

It's been a while since they've found the last of the giant "padpadscha" , and now they need to find a new one. They're going to look for it in the "shore of nascency" . The doctor says he hasn't found anything yet, but he's glad to see that the "little version" of the padpadcha is now a thing of the past. He's also glad that he'll be able to look at it again when he gets back from the lunar landing, because it's so cool to see it. He also says that the gem is so strong that it used to be a partner for rutile, the doctor's partner. But now that he finds it, he decides to keep it in a safe place. He says that if you have a mineral in your family, it'll help you survive longer, and that's why he keeps it in his "safe keeping" vault. He tells us that every time he works on the "puzzle," it gets harder. He compares it to the time he was out 231 years, 11 months, and a day, and says he killed his "last record" by being out so long. He thinks that if his medical skills don't override his bad luck, then they aren't worth the gravel. He wants to know what's wrong with him, because he wants to find out what the truth is about him. He doesn't want rutile to have to "work so hard" to find the truth, because that would make him "bad." But, he says, "the pure, honest truth" might change the landscape, and "