That...explains the looks I'd been getting... [She felt uncomfortable under Asimov's gaze the first time, but then the second time she'd chalked up to nerves and not wanting to let him or the team down after how well the first mission had gone.

Evidently, that discomfort was ultimately not without reason.]

But— Only Candles? E-even disregarding the obvious problems with that, isn't it impossible? [On a worldwide scale, it sounds like it would be way too much to be feasible.]