[He's grateful for Oswald's honesty, it might be brutal and harsh but he'd rather that than a lie.]

Thank you, Oswald.

[He lets out a long, weary sigh and motions at the table.]

So that's what I was working on, something that might help keep that from ever happening.
Except I forgot that there was some chemical residue on my work table from a few days ago and it reacted badly with the metal I was using and kaboom.