'To see what would happen' is generally a good reason for a Spark to do anything. Hell, it's this reason that Bella gets along with the Barrayaran Government
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Cordelia needed some time alone. And so she'd found as out of the way a place she could think of without going somewhere dangerous.
And what on earth was going on over there. She watches for a moment, then finally asks. "I hope you don't mind my asking, but what's the compression ratio on that thing?"
Bella was a bit engrossed in what she was doing when Cordelia arrived. She made a bit of a surprised noise as she nearly hits her head on the engine above her when Ding makes a surprised sound at her arrival. "Gah."
"I am still in the process of attempting to figure that out--it's not from my home world." She slides out from underneath the Engine with a bit of a groan. She's wearing Victorianesque coveralls, covered in machine oil (..among other things), a bit of dirt, and so forth. "Ah, Hallo."
Ding makes a cheery little clicking sound and waves at Cordelia.
"Hallo, you're someone I've never met." She observes aloud, cleaning her hands off, left, then right. "And thanks, I still wish I could figure out how I made his mechanical brain work, but I'm a bit afraid to get that in depth of taking him apart."
"Annabella Fennix." She offers her left hand, more out of habit than anything else.
Anything to do with DeLoreans appears to be Doc bait, even for those who have only peripherally heard of the car thanks to being kidnapped by Faeries long before they could complete the time machine. Anyway, Doc's attracted by the humming and the messing about with car engines. He wanders over to where Bella is and watches with interest. "Anything in particular you're trying to do there?"
Bella is working on taking the engine apart, bit by bit, "Ah, Hallo." She gives him a wave, behind it, now, "Disassembling it to find out how it works in comparison to the engines I know and have constructed myself."
"Aha." Doc can get on board with that plan. "Find anything interesting so far? Anything you didn't expect to find?" He leans over the engine a bit, examining what she's already done.
"For one thing, that it's made of mostly manufactured parts." This apparently makes her a little sad at this. Not making parts by hand anymore is just...
Yes. "But, despite this, it's given me a few ideas in terms or arrangement, in how to reduce the size of my engine designs a little."
About a third of the engine is disassembled, and most of that from the underside of it (which is why it's hanging on the rack).
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And what on earth was going on over there. She watches for a moment, then finally asks. "I hope you don't mind my asking, but what's the compression ratio on that thing?"
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"I am still in the process of attempting to figure that out--it's not from my home world." She slides out from underneath the Engine with a bit of a groan. She's wearing Victorianesque coveralls, covered in machine oil (..among other things), a bit of dirt, and so forth. "Ah, Hallo."
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"Hallo, you're someone I've never met." She observes aloud, cleaning her hands off, left, then right. "And thanks, I still wish I could figure out how I made his mechanical brain work, but I'm a bit afraid to get that in depth of taking him apart."
"Annabella Fennix." She offers her left hand, more out of habit than anything else.
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Yes. "But, despite this, it's given me a few ideas in terms or arrangement, in how to reduce the size of my engine designs a little."
About a third of the engine is disassembled, and most of that from the underside of it (which is why it's hanging on the rack).
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