 Why is it ironic that the narrator's wife is asking him to be quiet during the broadcast?
I heard my daughter's running feet in the animal rooms and her rollerskates banging at her side. "Tell your mother that I retaliate. Again in the laboratory, I entered the metabolic accelerator and withdrew the intravenous needles from my first volplas. The accelerator had forced them almost to adulthood in less than a month. It would be several hours before they would begin to move, to learn to feed and play, perhaps to learn to fly. Meanwhile, it was clear that here was no war of dominant mutations. My wife tried the door, too, but more subtly, as if casually touching the knob while calling. I kissed her until I heard rollerskates coming across the terrace from one direction and a horse galloping toward the terrace from the other direction.
 She has been giving him alcohol, which could have been adding to the talkativeness
 She has been giving him alcohol, which could have been adding to the talkativeness  She is talking more than he is, so the effort is misplaced  He is usually fairly quiet, and this is unusual behavior for him  He is being supportive of his friend for once and should be encouraged