"Hey!" Glitch called from the depths of the shop. "Come on back."

He was at his worktable, in the open space behind the shelves that made up the retail area of the shop. Half of the table top was occupied by what looked like a chemist's jumble sale, the other half clear aside from a notebook with scribbled equations and a container holding the compound.

He smiled like a proud parent. "Sorry it took so long to get back to you but...well, you know how things have been."