SCIENCE!
[[In his dilapidated little house (it suffices for a sterile laboratory, considering what's being tested here), Autor appears to have realized that repeatedly burning himself isn't really yielding useful data. On a blanket in front of him, he's laid out the cross from the church, along with two relatively straight and equally-long twigs. He presses each twig to his arm and watches for a few moments, hurriedly recording the results in a notebook by his side. Neither one seems to cause any noticeable reaction.
He then arranges one twig to be vertical from his viewpoint, and picks up the other one, laying it across the center of the first twig, at what passes for a 45-degree angle. He presses his hand on top of the whole setup and waits. Nothing's happening.
With his free hand, he slowly begins to turn the top twig relative to the bottom one. 50 degrees, 55, 60...
As the top twig approaches an 85-degree angle relative to the bottom, he suddenly winces and jerks his hand away, examining the twig's final position.]]
Hmm... That's what, about 85 degrees? What I wouldn't give for a protractor...
[[He scribbles this down.]]
It still doesn't make any sense...
[[OOC: Autor has discovered the wonders of the scientific method! He may be slightly annoyed to be disturbed while experimenting, but there's nothing preventing you from annoying him, as he's left the door wide open in his haste to get the experiment going. xD]]
He then arranges one twig to be vertical from his viewpoint, and picks up the other one, laying it across the center of the first twig, at what passes for a 45-degree angle. He presses his hand on top of the whole setup and waits. Nothing's happening.
With his free hand, he slowly begins to turn the top twig relative to the bottom one. 50 degrees, 55, 60...
As the top twig approaches an 85-degree angle relative to the bottom, he suddenly winces and jerks his hand away, examining the twig's final position.]]
Hmm... That's what, about 85 degrees? What I wouldn't give for a protractor...
[[He scribbles this down.]]
It still doesn't make any sense...
[[OOC: Autor has discovered the wonders of the scientific method! He may be slightly annoyed to be disturbed while experimenting, but there's nothing preventing you from annoying him, as he's left the door wide open in his haste to get the experiment going. xD]]