If you knew it was going to work, there'd be no point in testing it.

[And where's the fun in that?]

It took a few years, but we eventually found an example of the device that petrified humanity when we weren't even looking for it.

[How convenient that he has pasta now to serve as a visual aid. Senku pulls a noodle free and twists it with his hands into a reasonable approximation of the petrification device.]

I don't know if you have the same myths where you're from, but we called it the Medusa.

[If he's already been playing with his food, it's too late for manners. He sucks the remaining bit of sauce off his fingers.]

Good sauce.