It takes a solid twenty seconds for Laertes to process the word. He has to drop back into Greek, algos, and then he briefly detours into trying to remember why it isn't an anaponic. Then he remembers that he is actually talking to a person, who asked him a question, that contains the word analgesic. "Yes," he says. "Yes, I would love an analgesic. They may be difficult to find, though, in this season." By now, Sagramore has apprised him of the problem with the cabinets.