 Why does Thaddeus Funston smile at the sight of the demolished arts and crafts building?
Through the barred windows of the workshop, rolling green hills were seen, their tree-studded flanks making a pleasant setting for the mental institution. The crafts building was a good mile away from the main buildings of the hospital and the hills blocked the view of the austere complex of buildings that housed the main wards. Thaddeus Funston continued to mold the clay bits and put them in place. At the clay table, Funston feverishly fabricated the last odd-shaped bit of clay and slapped it into place. At the clay table, she carefully lifted the top half of the clay ball and stared thoughtfully at the jumbled maze of clay strips laced through the lower hemisphere.
 His self-constructed clay atom bomb was effectively detonated
 His prophecy of an alien invasion was fulfilled  He is gleeful at the idea of part of the mental hospital being destroyed  His self-constructed clay atom bomb was effectively detonated  He knows the explosion will distract the hospital staff and give him an opportunity to escape