[And Robert replies in kind. His patience is replaced with a bit of enthusiasm. Reigned in but ever there.]

On my own? Modest, at best. An atom, first. Then a field. Then a window into another world. The partner of mine I mentioned, though, managed a door. One that could be stepped through and was. A successful crossing.

[With nearly disastrous results, but it had been the first attempt. They'd fixed it. Mostly.]