Watching her smile, and let her hair down, letting her worries and sadness go to the back again, he breathed, and cursed his own stupidity, and his old arrogance once again. Oh, he should not even be here, damn him!
But he caught on her next words and hung on them. Ger design was fantastic. He carefully took the device, turning it all ways as his sensors examined it and recorded all, and he stared at it, then handed it back.
"Amazing. This is a fantastic invention, Helena." True admiration was in his tone. "How did you adjust for the planetary gravitation field, and the flux of magnetic fields such as those projected by the body?" His mind itched for more information.