"I'm sure you are," he assured from the floor. "I probably messed you up more than I helped."

Maybe he shouldn't look too far into Alchemy as a later class if he was this bad with measurements. Or a tutor, like Kuja said. He had time to think about it, in either case.

"There's more towels over there, if you want to work on the station. I think I'll need an extra one or two as it is myself."