“Ah. I see.” Maybe it had been rude to ask, and not to avert his gaze at it, but Theo understood Bixby’s problem much better at that demonstration. So yes – flying was probably out for him, unless he got shockingly good at hands-free steering. It’d make handling any tools hard, to be sure – Theo thought it was fortunate that Bixby had lucked out enough to still be able to draw.
“And clearly you’ve got ideas,” Theo added, half to be positive and half because it was true; and because at that point having any kind of purpose to cling onto had to be something. “Yeah, well, you let me know.” These things took time, as far as he knew – he wasn’t going to rush the production process. For him, it amounted to something small to look forward to, which was nice. “I mean that,” he added, in mock-warning; if Alvin wanted help, he had better ask for it.
“And clearly you’ve got ideas,” Theo added, half to be positive and half because it was true; and because at that point having any kind of purpose to cling onto had to be something. “Yeah, well, you let me know.” These things took time, as far as he knew – he wasn’t going to rush the production process. For him, it amounted to something small to look forward to, which was nice. “I mean that,” he added, in mock-warning; if Alvin wanted help, he had better ask for it.
