[ Ivan's smile though small is deemed strong enough to defeat the salt shakers. Doctor knocks them back over again with dramatic explosion noises and robot-like calls of "HE SMILES! RETREAT! RETREAT!"

Doctor plops himself down in the chair next to Ivan and leans on the table. ]

I had a vision the other night of creatures that look like salt shakers but they were much larger and much more dangerous. It was frightening honestly. Made me really upset- I woke right up and couldn't sleep for the rest of the night. It was great material for composing angry sounding music. Still, not a nice experience.

[ He says all this but his expression remains somewhere between thoughtful and neutral, and smiling. ]