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[gonna_live]

Kaylee has something that looks an awful lot like a strawberry milkshake with a curly straw jutting out of it.

She also has an Erector set, and is currently trying to construct something very...tall.

This is perhaps the only structure her structure has, thus far. 'Tall'.

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[gone_byebye]

The Erector set gets most of Ray's attention; he snagged a Third Rail from the Bar and he's heading in the general direction of the Window. But heeeeeeeeeey, building toys!

[gonna_live]

Heeeeeeeeeey, building toys is right.

Ray gets a smile. "More'n one little metal wrench in this set if you're inclined."

[gone_byebye]

"If you don't think it'd be a problem, sure," says Ray. "Gosh, I had one of these as a kid for all of five minutes, and then my dad took it away because he was afraid I'd build a walking land spider with it. My name's Ray, by the by."

[gonna_live]

Kaylee opens her mouth to say Might be nice if you didn't this time -- not such a big fan of spiders, and then instead says, "...Ray Stantz?"

[gone_byebye]

He doesn't do spiders any more, honest.

"Yeah, that's me," he answers. "Have we met? I'm terrible with names sometimes."

[gonna_live]

"Not officially, no -- I'm Kaylee. You drew up some plans for a door, and once they got translated -- " A sheepish grin. "I'm the one put 'em together."

[gone_byebye]

"Oh!" Ray beams. "Oh, sweet! I hope they weren't too much of a problem, were they? I catch some flak sometimes for not documenting my work enough."

[gonna_live]

"Not too much -- just that I'm not so much with the theoretical physics." Wry. "That's River's department. Once she explained it, though -- easy as pie. And it's workin' there, too."

[gone_byebye]

Ray nods. "Excellent. To be honest, most of the initial physics wasn't really my work either- I'm an electrical engineer by training, but I spent six months working on the original door project with a colleague of mine who can make the laws of physics knot themselves into a big messy bowl of lo mein if he really tries. I'm glad to hear it's working, though. That's really the important part."

[gonna_live]

"Yeah." Kaylee's smile is a little crooked. "You know the reasonin' behind it all, right? The kids and all?"

[gone_byebye]

"I got a little bit of the basics about it back when Eddie asked me for the initial information," Ray says, a little more soberly. "He didn't tell me all that much, but he didn't really have to."

[gonna_live]

Kaylee nods. "It...ain't the kind of thing really needs much explanation." Pause. "...you heard about Eddie?"

This last is a little more tentative.

[gone_byebye]

"Yeah," Ray says. "I got the message Ms. Tassenbaum left. Sorta made me wish I had the chance to say goodbye properly the last time I saw him."

[simon_doctor]

"Wei, xin gan."

It's Simon, sliding into the seat opposite her.

"What're you building?"

[gonna_live]

"Somethin' tall," she says, cheerfully. "What about you?"

[simon_doctor]

"Nothing much at the moment."

He's got a glass of iced green tea, though, and a bowl of popcorn. Which he slides across the table.

[gonna_live]

She trades him a tiny wrench. "You could."

[simon_doctor]

Simon studies the wrench, a little dubiously.

"Like what?"

[gonna_live]

"There's wheels in there I haven't put to use yet. Could make yourself somethin' that goes."

Two kernels of popcorn are in her palm; she's studying them carefully.

And coming to the conclusion that she can't screw them into place, she eats them. By tossing them up in the air. And they actually make it in her mouth.

Kaylee is a talented individual.

[simon_doctor]

A little absently, Simon picks up two of the wheels and starts fitting them onto either end of a crossbar.

[gonna_live]

She's momentarily smug -- normally it takes her two or three tries to catch something -- but soon settles for making a base structure for her Very Tall Thing.

As she's putting it together: "Dennis, huh?"

[simon_doctor]

"I'd never heard that story before."

There's a laugh hovering around the edges of his voice.

[gonna_live]

"Nice to know some things run in the family."

So innocent.

[simon_doctor]

Simon gives her a sardonic look. "Yes, we're very proud."

[gonna_live]

"Well, you have to admit," she says, protesting lightly, "it's a hell of a coincidence."