First floor garage, Tuesday evening

[solo_sword]

Jaina wasn't so good with being bored, which was why she had a project. After a not-so-quick yet handwavey trip to the junkyard to see what she could scavenge, she set up shop (so to speak) in the garage, where she didn't have to worry about being messy or getting in Inara's way, and could take up as much room as she wanted while sticking lots of pieces of metal together.

Hard at work and yet distractable.

[*demands* Entertain me.]

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[cantgetnorelief.livejournal.com]

"It's cool, I just need that corner over there," Anders assured her as he indicated the side of the garage where his Glider was parked. Negotiating his way carefully toward the Glider, he eyed the bits and pieces on the floor and asked curiously, "You building something specific, or just trying to see what you come up with?"

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"Hoverboard," she said, frowning at the pieces and looking up again at him. "So far the board part is a complete success."

[cantgetnorelief.livejournal.com]

"How's the hover part coming along?" He sat down cross-legged on his Glider and contemplated the board part. "I'm so not a mechanics guy, so I can't really give you any help there, sorry."

[solo_sword]

"Not a problem. I can figure it out if I can't get the right parts." She nodded with her chin towards the glider and asked, "Yours, I hope?"

[cantgetnorelief.livejournal.com]

"Yep." Anders patted its hull proudly. "My best friend built it for me. You're totally welcome to take a look at it if it helps give you any ideas."

[solo_sword]

Jaina stepped carefully over her own work, making her way to the Glider. "What kind of capabilities does it have?" she asked, looking it over.

[cantgetnorelief.livejournal.com]

"Well, it doesn't break atmosphere, but I don't think you'd want it to." Anders really hoped she wasn't expecting technical specs his player was going to have to make up. "There's a sort of force-field windscreen thing, and it goes . . . well, pretty frakkin' fast. Goes vertically, too."

[solo_sword]

Jaina could have gone for the technical specs, but she wasn't going to push for them this time!. She was just happy to see something she didn't know yet. It was new, and interesting. "Is it from here? Or did you make it yourself?"

[cantgetnorelief.livejournal.com]

Anders laughed and started making up tech specs, eee. "I wish I could make something like this myself. You'd have to ask Bridge about that, it's from his world. Or his dimension, at least. I know for sure we didn't have stuff like this back on Caprica."

[solo_sword]

"I'll have to ask him," she said, making a mental note. "I don't think I've met anyone from Caprica yet. Is it close by?"

[cantgetnorelief.livejournal.com]

Anders, who wasn't blessed with navigational skills at the best of times, scratched his head. "Considering this planet doesn't exist as far as most people on Caprica are concerned, I'm gonna guess probably not."

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"Do you miss it?" she wondered. She was still checking out the Glider, but she could multitask by conversing at the same time.

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"I guess?"

He actually wasn't all that sure, and he felt the slightest bit guilty about that, which he tried to cover up by rubbing at a nonexistent spot on the Glider's bright red finish. "I miss Pyramid, and some stuff that doesn't exist here, but I've been gone for so long, it all feels . . ." He frowned. "I mean, well, this sounds kind of massively jerky, but my family. I feel like I should miss them more, but they seem . . . less real than all the stuff I've gone through here, now."

[solo_sword]

"I can understand that. It's a little different," Jaina said, and winced. "I'm getting personal. Sorry about that."

[cantgetnorelief.livejournal.com]

"Nah," Anders said, waving a hand casually. "It's okay. Don't worry about it."

He did look troubled by what he'd said, though.