And now I'm just sitting here imagining tentacles rising up from a puddle, holding a tightly wrapped fish-skin container, to do an experiment in the air. Maybe

And now I'm just sitting here imagining tentacles rising up from a puddle, holding a tightly wrapped fish-skin container, to do an experiment in the air. Maybe they'd think of "going into the air" like early human chemists think of donning protective aprons. Air keeps the chemicals from getting on your skin.