Ricks now looked truculent and determined. Blair grimaced at the sight of him and snapped, "All right, Ricks, what is it? I don't have time for hand-holding right now."
"You're going outside," said Ricks, "to help fix the strike. I want to go out with you."
"What? Go to hell!"
"You're going to need more than one man out there."
"We'll get an experienced crewman. You've never been outside in vacuum in your life. This isn't any training course."
"How did you do the first time, Blair? Did you make it?"
"You aren't me, sonny."
"I've been taking vitamins."
"If you want that chip knocked off your shoulder, you better try somewhere else. I'm liable to knock your head off with it."
"Try it afterwards, Superman. I'm a better man than you are every day in the week and twice on Sundays. Give me a chance to prove it."