[The hesitation is the same, anyway. Again, the kitchen amenities are electrical, and Solomon himself has gone through days of blackouts without noticing until dinner-time.]

I think I felt some in a drawer in the kitchen. Just a moment.

[He goes off again, but at least this time it's a shorter period before he comes back with two packs: one of bamboo sticks used in cooking and one of the long tapers the kedan use as matches.]

Are either of these it? I can't actually tell between them.