So wire would be better. Okay, I'll try it later. [Or he could just cut off his other hand right now and probably save some time.] Sheesh, this would be so much simpler if that bastard had just handed over his watch...

[He finally takes the hint and drops both watch and makeshift scalpel onto the ground. It's making his wrist hurt, anyway.]

You're used to a higher tech level than this? Kinda hard to imagine. You don't look like it. [Says the guy born in the 19th century.]