"You were petrified? Jeez, what a strange fate! I'm glad you were able to break free! Did anybody else manage to do that, or was it just you?"

Curufin got it that Senku was older than he looked, and that made sense to Curufin. There was just something about him that suggested more more knowledge than could be expected from a youngish man.

He laughed. "You set things on fire too? Isn't that fun? Despite the reactions of displeased relatives."

He nodded. "So, your private space program was a success, if you consider that it was experimental, and it's by experiment that anything worth while is learned."