17"Now we're getting somewhere." Roger was finally able to relax, still intent on the screen, but now his fingers were stilled at the keyboard. He was looking at the screen and seeing different patterns now.
"Too bad our shift-change is coming up," Sue pointed out, "but the hardest work is done. If he keeps this up, we'll have a chance to figure out what that anomaly is."
"Once we get that data, we can figure how to nullify it. Boy, this guy sure has taken us around Pike's Peak. But he looks to have settled in. That was a good touch with the carpet."
"Thanks. That's a study I did a few semester ago, and it's not much used. But people respond to tactile, and it's the way to contrast on other sterile environments..."
"Gawd, you're starting to sound like a textbook. Looks like we've both
