Smiling that Ivan seems to understand, Timo nods in reply to his question. "Sometimes! There's lot of work to get to the point where we can start building things, though." Timo's generally better at the design work than generally putting things together anyway. He can do it, it's just that he finds working out how best to put things together more instinctive than actually getting his hands dirty. Which is a shame, because he thinks that that kind of work is probably more rewarding. But it's good to see things that he designed put together whoever it was that actually built them. "I'll show you. But not tonight, it's much too late now." He'll have to formally introduce the boy to his hosts anyway, and give them a modified version of events. It's too much to expect his father or brother to have sent a letter to the master ahead of Ivan.

The milk isn't hot enough to scold; Timo isn't that careless. Which is just as well, since his attention is now on the soup that he's hastily putting together from what left overs he can find. He'd like to put some root vegetables in to bulk it up, but they'd take too long to cook, so Ivan will have to put up with it being a little thin, but he'll find some bread to go with it, and as long as it fills him up to sleep he can have a proper meal in the morning at breakfast.