Five will be happy to know that Gil absolutely can control it, but not quite so much when the chain wants to check out magically sensitive people because, unlike back in their homeworlds, there is no Abyss for the chain to reside in. Five will figure out eventually what it is, one way or another. It's spooky and intimidating but not dangerous.

Gilbert seems to snap out of his sudden standoffish mode at Five's topic change. Without a word he moves to the counter to take a look before asking: "First, do you happen to have any way to monitor the temperature of the water? There's nothing like that in this world from what I saw in the Citadel."

Meanwhile, he goes to get the cheesecloth out of the bag.