"A pleasure to meet you Rose." He stood, brushing bits of wire insulation off his jacket, and holding out his hand. "I'm Koschei. Sorry about the mess, I'm trying to put together a little bit of fun. If I can find anything useful for fuel, at least, I haven't had any luck with that yet."
Or a safe place to launch them from, but he'd noticed a lake while wandering around after the delightful morning with Romana. If nothing else, he could make himself a platform to take out onto it.