"I didn't say I--" he stopped suddenly, watching Ian, rays sinking back into his head as he turned it to look back down to the wires in his hands. He was silent and still for a second or so, and then gently set the wires back down onto what was still in the bin.

"Sorry. I should go look for that soldering thing you asked for." Whatever it was that caused it, his mood had just died. "It might be in one of the other rooms."