Naturally they were also from two different species, which could have added to some of the confusion, because they may have been unused to each other's idioms. Regardless, they would eventually come to a much greater sense of understanding.<br/><br/>"Alright, that sounds like it's for the best. I wouldn't want to leave it on too long anyway." Swallowing deeply, he focused on the fact that the unit could very well have wiped their small workshop off the face of this planetoid.<br/><br/>Looking at the unit from a different angle for a moment or two, he soon nodded and turned back toward her. "Do you think that if we were going to give it a smoke test that we should move back a bit?"<br/><br/>Perhaps this was going to be another idiom that she might not have been familiar with. Honestly, he wasn't quite sure if it was or not.<br/><br/>Nevertheless, a smoke test referred to the fact that he had wanted to turn it on just to see if it smoked or not. Sometimes a person had very little faith in whether or not something would work. When that was the case, they would plug it in with the full expectation of seeing it smoke.<br/><br/>Still, just like her he didn't doubt either of their work. They were both quite skilled technicians. However, they had been forced to use parts in ways that neither of them had expected.<br/><br/>Looking back he grasped a cable and once more nodded.<br/><br/>"I'm going to plug it in. Stand back if you will. I don't care to kill us in the process as you can imagine."<br/><br/>With that, Skorn did his best to summon a smirk in the manner of her species more than his own.