I did not want that, as a matter of fact, but fine.

[ He'd wanted to avoid conversation without being too obvious about it, and look where that got him...

There's a huffy sigh. ]

They're going well enough. I've got the plans for the... [ god this is still embarrassingly lame ] ...water guns drawn up in detail, and have put in the order for materials, so I should be able to start on construction tomorrow.

...I've also been refreshing myself on the mechanics of large commercial vehicles in the meantime, since apparently that's going to be a thing.