Well, except for them. He rather liked the big booms. But that might likely be why he was so attracted to Mae. She was rather like a ticking time bomb ready to go off at any moment.
Cath wasn't budging. She wasn't leaving, wasn't running away. It was time to stop running and face up to things. Before it caught up with them unawares. Besides, she was in her bloody knickers. She wasn't leaving their room like that.
<"And if we have to blow the door to get into engineering?"> he demanded. <"You know you're the only one who can do that without sinking this bloody tub.">