[An inventor...that's a mouse, but that's something to try to ignore. Still, even though this is going to be a long shot, he can't leave aside anything that seems unlikely:]
Are you familiar with any inventions that may have been used to bring us here?
[Not that he has any idea what could have been used, all he's theorizing right now is that some sort of technology must have been involved]
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Are you familiar with any inventions that may have been used to bring us here?
[Not that he has any idea what could have been used, all he's theorizing right now is that some sort of technology must have been involved]