[ it's just as well that he's out of sight -- or, rather, that she is. because now that she knows what it's meant to be, she's eyeing the machine with considerably deeper interest. it looks a bit more streamlined, perhaps, than the calutron mass spectrometers used during the war.
(but that's a dark thought; she chases it away.)
peggy watches what she can see of the job. it's all like another language to her -- wherein she can recognize the pieces, but not exactly how they fit together. or why. ]
Dare I asked what happened?
[ she owes him an answer of her own but it seems she's unprepared to make it easy on either of them. ]
no subject
(but that's a dark thought; she chases it away.)
peggy watches what she can see of the job. it's all like another language to her -- wherein she can recognize the pieces, but not exactly how they fit together. or why. ]
Dare I asked what happened?
[ she owes him an answer of her own but it seems she's unprepared to make it easy on either of them. ]