[Only about 20 hours!] Yes'm. Of course not. [If he really was pushing himself, or was not so energized, he might have done something very stupid by now.]
Huh? [He looks down at his lap, where his fidgeting caused him to wrap the silver wire around his finger.] O-oh, yeah. I was just practicing. I had a few people tell me they'd like charms, but I haven't made one in a while.
[He holds up the black spiral stone he was working on re-tying.] This one's supposed to protect against water-borne spirits. I figure it might come in handy, with... you know. [He kind of points upwards.]