Dr. Gallagher walked up to talk to Brad. He noticed the white stuff dripping out of Dirk's ass but he didn't want to draw any attention to it so he just went and got a wet cloth and wiped Dirk down. Dirk was still mostly flesh but Dr. Gallagher wiped him down as if he was already a statue.
Dirk endured the indignity of having his ass wiped in public. He was already erect and aware that people could see and touch his erection but he was trying to keep it under control. He did math problems in his head in an attempt to deflate his cock but it didn't work. He tried to pretend that he was somewhere else. He even tried pretending that he was just a detached observer, watching himself get turned into a statue and not the one on display.
Dr. Gallagher decided to help Dirk by pulling his cock down and back. That is a technique used in edging to delay ejaculation because it reduces arousal slightly. Dirk was still hard but not about to burst.
Dr. Gallagher finally spoke to Brad, "I was there at your previous demo and I've been thinking about this ever since. Turning people into statues is a huge scientific breakthrough but what practical use is it?"
Brad said, "Dr. Gallagher?"
Dr. Gallagher said, "Call me Noah."
Brad said, "Noah, I really hadn't thought about it. I discovered this by accident. I wasn't trying to turn people into statues. I was trying to develop a method for making surgeries less risky. Of course this doesn't work because you can't perform surgery on a statue but one advantage this does have is that statues are less likely to develop injuries or diseases. Very little can penetrate or cut the surface of a statue."
Noah said, "Well that might be useful in some emergency situations to temporarily statufy people until medical personnel can treat them properly, but I do see that it might not be a viable option in most emergencies. For one thing, statuefying takes time."
Brad said, "I've been working on that. I've purposefully slowed down the process for the sake of demonstration. I can turn someone into a statue in an hour."
Noah said, "An hour is still too long. In an emergency, seconds count."
Brad said, "I know. I'm working on it."
Noah said, "Maybe there can be other uses. If you turned someone into copper, could their bodies conduct electricity?"
Brad said, "I don't know. I can't actually turn anyone into copper. I can make them look like copper by infusing copper into their skin but it's not pure copper."
Noah asked, "Can you melt a statue and mold him into different shapes?"
Brad said, "I doubt it. First, they're not pure metal. Second, I don't think they'd survive.
Noah asked, "What about other substances like ice or wood."
Brad said, "Again, I don't know. Rocks and metals are simple but ice and wood would be tricky."
Noah asked, "What about diamond? It's a rock. Could you make a statue as hard as diamond?"
Brad said, "I don't know. I'm sure I could make a statue look like it's made of diamond but the fact that it's not pure diamond might mean it's not as strong as diamond."
Noah said, "It sounds like you still need to do some testing."
Brad said, "I don't have the resources. That's why I'm here doing these demos. I'm hoping to gain the interest of someone who has the resources to help me do further testing."
Noah said, "You've succeeded. This might not be a wise investment on my part. I still don't see how to make a profit from this but I am very interested in pursuing this technology and developing it as far as it can be developed. I'm not going to steal your invention. Too many people know that you are the inventor and the patent belongs to you but may I borrow your invention so that I may do some testing?"
Brad agreed. Noah already had a contract and Brad read the contract carefully before signing. Noah would get a share of the profits if there were any profits. Noah would also get five statufying devices of his very own to do with as he pleased. Brad didn't have five devices built yet but Noah was satisfied with one for now.
By the time they were done, Dirk was a statue from the knees down. Dirk expressed concern that his cock would still be erect when it turned bronze. Noah helped again by discretely washing Dirk's cock until he filled the rag with cum. Noah then wiped up any drops he failed to catch and immediately left taking the cum rag with him. Dirk felt mortified having a stranger jerk his cock in front of an audience but there was nothing he could do about it.
When Noah got away from the crowd, he started laughing. It had been difficult for him to stay serious and professional but he got what he came for. He could now turn people into statues. He felt giddy as he got in his car and drove away.