 What does the encounter with Guy and Em tell the reader about the narrator?
Again in the laboratory, I entered the metabolic accelerator and withdrew the intravenous needles from my first volplas. It would be several hours before they would begin to move, to learn to feed and play, perhaps to learn to fly. I wiped the back of my hand across my mouth and said aloud, "Yes, sir, the dangerous age. 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. I've only had the feeling once before in a small way, but I've always...." Outside this little town, I found a litter of flat stones that had young black-snakes under each slab.
 The narrator is so immersed in his own experiment that he loses sight of his peers' significant accomplishments.
 The narrator is more of an original prankster than a scientist.  The narrator does not understand the implications that launching Rocket Charlie will have on science.  The narrator intends to deter rather than advance science.  The narrator is so immersed in his own experiment that he loses sight of his peers' significant accomplishments.