[ san fransokyo, huh. go figure. and he was from the future from dipper's point in time, though not all that far into it. he can't help but wonder how different hiro's san fransokyo could be from his own san francisco, but he logs that away to ask about later. right now, his focus is too drawn in by hiro's story about the griffins. ]

Was there anything strange about them? I mean - I guess that could be hard to tell unless you've met other griffins. [ maybe hiro had. DIPPER DOESN'T KNOW. ] Whoever was experimenting in that operating room might've been trying to enhance them for one reason or another. Or maybe they were guinea pigs for something bigger. [ though who would pick griffins as guinea pigs? but this DOES fall in with one of dipper's cerealia theories... ] In any case, their test subjects could've gotten out of hand, and that could be why they abandoned it, too.

[ so many variables. man, he wishes he could have been there. that seems so much more interesting than the natives living reclusively in the volcano. ]