"Don't worry, it won't be harmed," Two assured him as he and Three carefully taped the small device to the tiny robot's head. "This is simply a scanner. Or will be, if this lace-clad buffoon stops turning up the doppler gain!" And that started him and Three bickering all over again.
Which led Eight right to the answer to Jack's question: "It's because no two of us are ever in the room at the same time during classes." Made sense.
Two and Three managed to get the thing calibrated despite the rather amusing insults tossed back and forth, which sounded more and more like banter the more one listened to it.
"As to standing on one foot... well, if you think it'll help," Five said a little distractedly. "Switching on." And, with the twisting of a few controls, the time rotor started to move. But they weren't going anywhere. Instead, the viewscreen flickered. They were zeroing in on ... something.
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Date: 2007-04-11 12:19 am (UTC)Which led Eight right to the answer to Jack's question: "It's because no two of us are ever in the room at the same time during classes." Made sense.
Two and Three managed to get the thing calibrated despite the rather amusing insults tossed back and forth, which sounded more and more like banter the more one listened to it.
"As to standing on one foot... well, if you think it'll help," Five said a little distractedly. "Switching on." And, with the twisting of a few controls, the time rotor started to move. But they weren't going anywhere. Instead, the viewscreen flickered. They were zeroing in on ... something.