" Kevyn, Ennesby tells me you are building a time machine.
Actually I'm finished.
In one afternoon? Wow... Does it work?
After a fashion.
...
I put a whole lot of energy into it, and the next thing I knew it was time for dinner.
-Captain Tagon & Commander Andreyasn "
― Howard Tayler , The Tub of Happiness (Schlock Mercenary, #1)