[ Yes. Yes, he was working on something rather clever just now, wasn't he? Before the interruption and the waffle-talk, and the kissing.
He looks to the bits and bobs and their little wind-y, whirl-y parts, and he frowns just a little, tapping a screwdriver against the top of the metal-and-other-materials thingamabob.
He supposes he does owe a better answer, or an answer at all. ]
Just an experiment, really — I'm not sure yet. But it'll be brilliant when it's done.
[Her expression softens into something warm and a little awestruck. Sometimes it's a little humbling to know that her man really is a mad screaming genius. Even if she likes to keep him humble and tell him he isn't.
This isn't one of those occasions, though. Now she just looks on at him with great fondness as she sets the spare part aside.]
You are a clever boy, aren't you? I don't have any doubt that it will be.
[She moves to take a few little steps away from his desk then, hand held out for him.]
Come along, then. I think I hear waffles calling our names.
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[ Yes. Yes, he was working on something rather clever just now, wasn't he? Before the interruption and the waffle-talk, and the kissing.
He looks to the bits and bobs and their little wind-y, whirl-y parts, and he frowns just a little, tapping a screwdriver against the top of the metal-and-other-materials thingamabob.
He supposes he does owe a better answer, or an answer at all. ]
Just an experiment, really — I'm not sure yet. But it'll be brilliant when it's done.
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This isn't one of those occasions, though. Now she just looks on at him with great fondness as she sets the spare part aside.]
You are a clever boy, aren't you? I don't have any doubt that it will be.
[She moves to take a few little steps away from his desk then, hand held out for him.]
Come along, then. I think I hear waffles calling our names.