And there was Lash with the promised brew beans in hand and some sort of grinder she had been trying to build herself that looked plenty dangerous and loud.
"Hey!"
Wow, He kinda looked like shit, to be truthful. Lash could recognize a guy who hadn't slept for a while pretty easily.
Lash would find Billy working on the ground level, this time installing booster rockets to the base. It was too unsafe to work from on high when he was feeling this tired.
"I see it's come along well," he observed, perking up at the scent of the coffee beans. Precious energy, come to him! "Are we grinding?"
"Yeah!" She showed him the open grinder that had all sorts of tiny blades inside. Carefully, she put in one bean and the thing sprang to life, sounding more like it was cutting up someone's arm, but at the end, tiny coffee powder. "It works! It works! I mean uh...it works." Two beans later, they now had enough of the powder to make proper coffee.
"Do you have a coffee machine, or should I go find one?"
He had to hide a smile behind his hand at her excitement.
"No one brought one," Billy sighed, "and I didn't find one on the planet either. I've been getting by on randomly selected edible items."
Well...most of it had been edible. He still wasn't quite sure the Doctor's 'not-coffee' had been entirely safe. But it had kept him awake, and that was enough.
Billy resorted to sniffing the powder. Mmm. He inhaled its scent, imagining the bolstering effect of caffeine on his energy level. Even doing that had a slight positive effect.
His nose still might be in the cup when she returns.
"Hey!"
Wow, He kinda looked like shit, to be truthful. Lash could recognize a guy who hadn't slept for a while pretty easily.
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"I see it's come along well," he observed, perking up at the scent of the coffee beans. Precious energy, come to him! "Are we grinding?"
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"Do you have a coffee machine, or should I go find one?"
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"No one brought one," Billy sighed, "and I didn't find one on the planet either. I've been getting by on randomly selected edible items."
Well...most of it had been edible. He still wasn't quite sure the Doctor's 'not-coffee' had been entirely safe. But it had kept him awake, and that was enough.
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Leaving Billy holding the tiny cub filled with powder in his hands and not much else.
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His nose still might be in the cup when she returns.
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"...are you...sniffing it through your nostrils? You're going to start bleeding from the nose if you keep that up."
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"I didn't actively inhale it, I was simply appreciating the aroma." Like that was much better. Hey, he was desperate for a boost.
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