Thrust actually double-takes. "You know, I feel less stupid for doin' that in the first place than I do for missing it for so long? Frag."

But he fixes it, even if his posture suggests he'd be headdesking if a desk that could stand up to it were immediately handy. "S'a pretty impressive talent," Thrust says, conversationally, as he reattaches things. "I couldn't have built this thing if I weren't pre-programmed with the schematics."

A weapon or a short-range commlink, sure.