Kate's embarrassment was evident and undeniably beautiful. Maybe Phill was so eager to start their secret game that he got to work in advance. Perfect. Simon played along with the normal conversation, curious about his friend's performance under the table and Kate's reaction to it.<em>We'll see soon enough</em>, he thought.<br/><br/>"No, my good friend, I'm not dealing with a masterpiece... - he complained, shaking his head with a smile - Just a pompous, snobbish thing that wants desperately to look like a piece of art, but in my opinion is going to end up as one of the most boring works ever to hit the big screen." While talking, he was keeping an eye on both husband and wife, trying to follow the concealed events. "Something about a writer wannabe who think he's gay, but falls in love with this older woman. She's an art dealer or something. And we follow their relationship, all long stares and deep silences ad everything. Heck, it's boring even telling about it. Not a single ninja nor a zombie for all the movie! And the director doesn't want to shoot in theatres: oh no guys, it looks so fake! Artificial lights in her precious arty movie! All natural. It's going to take forever." Simon rubbed his forehead, just thinking at how many times they had to shot the first kiss scene gave him a headache.<br/><br/>"And you had two meeting about a single cog? Wow, that must be one of the most important cogs in the history of engineering... I bet that, once you've designed it, it'll be glad about all the attention and care you gave. You'll make a happy cog!" He smiled to Phill. He liked to mock his job, picturing him like a tinker in a candle lighted steampunk laboratory, messing with cogs, pulleys and contraptions of incredible complexity. He knew that his friend had really an important job. Phill was brilliant, in many ways, and Simon was sure that his friend was going to win a lot of prizes, with his engineering. But it was far more fun imagining him busy with building a robot army to take over the world.<br/><br/>"Looks like our food is here. - Simon nodded towards the pretty waitress with their dinner - I'm sure that you'll love the carbonara, Kate. They make a delicious pasta."