[Achilles is indeed difficult to please: he is a man accustomed to certain ways, and thus he takes time to warm to anything that falls outside of the ordinary. Nonetheless, he accepts Dipper's company as he continues along the narrow sidewalk composed of rough wooden planks, shortening his stride that the boy may more comfortably keep pace.]

I have received a most curious gift from those of ALASTAIR, and I wish to know for what it is meant. Here, I have it with me--

[So speaking, he retrieves from his pocket the object in question, its silver and blue casing gleaming in the bright morning light. This is one feature he quite likes about the clothing favored by the Qorral, the capacity for easy storage on his person. He had unfortunately left the headphones behind, unaware that these are important to the device's function, but he holds up the body of the Walkman that Dipper may behold it.]