Sornal looked up, then cringed away from him.
"I'll get it going right away," he whined. "Honest! Just want to make sure everything's right."
"You've already checked your tape. I've been watching you."
Sornal flinched and looked away.
"Yeah, but these things is tricky. You get some of this stuff out of tolerance, it can wreck a whole ship. They got to be right."
"So, why not a sample run-through? Then you can run test on a real piece."
"This is a very complicated device. Can't check those internal tolerance without you put in on proof load. These got to be right the first time."
Stan shook his head wearily.
"Look. Get up. I'll give your tape a run-through, then we'll pull a sample and check it out. Got a helper?"
"Some place around here." Sornal got out of his chair and stood, looking at the floor.