[ Luckily, Tartaglia's only pressed one button, and that happens to be the number 5. He peers at the menu curiously as if the answer is suddenly going to leap out at him. It doesn't, of course, so that leaves him confused and unsure of what to do next. ]
But how do you lower it?
[ It's a rhetorical question at this point since he doubts the other person knows how to do just that. Usually, this sort of thing is much easier to do with an open flame but since that isn't available... ]
I wonder, could you do simple subtraction to lower the temperature?
[ There is no minus sign to indicate that this is possible. Hm. Well, trial and error, that's the only way to go. He adds another 0 to the number. It's now at 50 minutes, at least. He doesn't know that this is the case. ]
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But how do you lower it?
[ It's a rhetorical question at this point since he doubts the other person knows how to do just that. Usually, this sort of thing is much easier to do with an open flame but since that isn't available... ]
I wonder, could you do simple subtraction to lower the temperature?
[ There is no minus sign to indicate that this is possible. Hm. Well, trial and error, that's the only way to go. He adds another 0 to the number. It's now at 50 minutes, at least. He doesn't know that this is the case. ]
Does that look right to you?