"Bamboo is very sturdy and incredibly useful in a lot of ways, and if it's all we can get you can probably make it work, with a little trial and error."

Trial and error was the story of his life, really.

"I can take a look at the cabin she wants to use and come up with a design. I'll do it when we go back, shouldn't take terribly long." He knew a lot about that kind of thing, so it shouldn't be a problem to help.

"The clock itself isn't the problem, it's getting it to run on a twenty-one hour cycle instead of a twenty-four hour cycle." Senku mused. "Well if nothing else, I can always tell you how long it's been since I got up."

"Communication? That's an excellent goal. It would be incredibly tricky without the necessary resources. It's kind of a pain in the ass to be chained to the train."