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here: Esfir's room is still mostly as painfully neat as ever, but there are changes. If the models of air-and-starcraft are gone from her desk, the books are still there in neat piles and there is a pin-up board on one wall, complete with photographs from her old life.
There are also bookcase-building materials on a sheet on the floor.
"All right, Lieutenant. You got me, so use me."
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He's smiling as he glances from the prints to the materials and tools.
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A beat.
"You thinkin' of changin' that?"
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He might be smirking as he picks up a hammer.
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A glance at the prints.
"Figured you'd tell me exactly what you want."
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"I'm building them short and wide, so I can stack them and move them easily. Metric or Imperial?"
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A pause.
"Uh."
Hopefully, "Inches and feet?"
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And he does, to the letter millimeter.
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"What do you think?"
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