[Enjoy being studied closely, Ariel - that is, if you notice it, or are distracted by the water. Either way, Stephen's clearly paying close attention to the other's reactions, and at them...

He shakes his head just slightly, pressing his lips together before answering.]

Maybe. Pilot light under a water heater - or it's all electrical. I couldn't tell you just by this, I'm not an electrician.

You...really haven't seen anything like this before, have you. You're not acting. [The last is said a little more softly, as if to himself. And even more quietly;] You're from the past.