"Oh, I dearly hope so." She sighed again, and giggled. "It is just that words that they use are unfamiliar. They speak of genetics and mutations, which seems to make sense to Clark, but I do not understand. He has tried to explain it to me, but it is beyond my grasp, at the moment."
She sighed again, this time in frustration. "I wish I knew more about this time."
The question pushed Elaine's frustration out of her mind. "It would be very interesting. Did you have a commission in mind?"
There were some aspects of modern life Elaine had picked up quickly.