<em>“What are you blind? That wire was thicker than your skull.”</em><br/><br/>Nikolai was silent at first when he heard a familiar voice accusing him of being blind. Considering the circumstances he had a feeling if it had been anyone else doing this her wrath would be justified. In his case he figured the fact he was actually blind might excuse him from the worst of it. Then hearing her laughing he grit his teeth together. It was not turning out to be a good day. Clumsily tumbling over and possibly ruining some of her work while making himself look like an idiot.<br/><br/><em>“Well… I suppose I can excuse you from blame… all things considered.”</em><br/><br/>Hearing this and having felt the weight at his feet move away, the astropath tried to move his feet to get up, feeling the ache in his ankle from the short fall, hoping it would pass away soon. "Yes, I would imagine your earlier statement was accurate. I am blind and though I only have my crushed toes to estimate size with I would guess the cable might be as large as my skull, it certainly stopped my foot even if the rest of me kept going." He turned his head to face the voice speaking to him, hearing her already speaking up.<br/><br/><em>“See to it the wire gets mended to the –top- of the hall this time… If it’s going to have to be left like that while we diagnose, then I do not want anyone else tripping over it.”</em>Nikolai had to admit he was grateful for the idea of getting the wire secured to the top of the hallway this time around. Whatever had been done that required wiring to go over the floor in a hallway probably served as a temporary measure anyway, at least he hoped so, and they obviously had not expected a blind man to roam through the hallway. The sound of others moving about caught his attention for a moment, wondering just how many had caught the sight of him laying on the floor.<em>“I’m terribly sorry, I was so busy working with the Electropriest, I didn’t hear you coming.”</em><br/><br/>Accepting the help as he heard the mechadendrite's presence, Nikolai winced while putting some weight on his foot, testing its stability by putting some weight on it gradually before feeling reasonably sure it was nothing major at least. Nothing broken, possibly a muscle pulled during the fall, if not something even less alarming. "I did not expect to find a new addition to the hallway. I suppose next time I'll<em>look where I am going</em>a little more carefully." His tone carried a hint of mirth to it, deciding to rather joke about it than to allow it to annoy him.<br/><br/>"It cost me minor pain in the ankle and most of my short-term pride, but in exchange I got a chance to exchange a few words with you. Better deal than some I have been through." He was smiling slightly, drawing a deep breath. "I would guess that you will need to return to what you were doing once they fix the wiring again. I would like to just talk with you sometime soon though. If you think it will take a little while before they will be ready here, or you have time open a little later, would you mind continuing our conversations? That is, if you don't mind me wandering blindly through the corridors threatening every unsuspecting wire in my path?"<br/><br/>He figured getting the matter out of his mind by joking about it a few times was better than brooding about it and cursing whoever had the wires pulled that was previously. It could have even been her call to just hastily place them so along with some unseen warning he had missed due to his unfortunate limitation. Nonetheless, he had been hoping to run into her sometime once they were all aboard the ship, and although he had lost the pride he had at that moment he was glad to be near her again.