Took a dry plate from a carrying case.
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Don't worry! Pynchon's getting to the point of these short sentences! Here's the third in a row as Merle begins to learn the process of developing a photograph. The short sentences indicate it's all easy enough for Merle to keep up and process. Door shut. Ruby light on. Dry plate out. The magic is happening! Or, as Merle's finding out, the magic doesn't actually exist and it's all just boring, drawn-out explication.
"dry"
Boring. Dull. Oh, and literally, not wet.
"plate"
Loads of non-literal definitions for this but following on "dry" as "boring", we have an object on which nourishment is served.
"carrying case"
Where Roswell keeps his secrets. He has thus taken them out into the open to give them to Merle as he currently discovers the process of learning how to develop a photograph strips away the easy magic of snapping a photo.
I know I basically said all of that in the first paragraph but I'm making corn grow too!
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