Ross shrugged. "Try anything once, I guess." He adjusted the band to his head, then stood, looking at the two men.
"Notice anything?" Bond looked at him sharply.
Again, Ross shrugged. "Nothing special," he said with a slight grunt. "Seems as though this guy's pretty nervous."
"You don't have to say anything, just think it. And see if you can communicate with Graham."
"Huh?" Ross had been looking directly at Bond. He frowned.
"You mean, this thing—" He paused, looking for a moment at Graham, then took the headband off. "Thing doesn't feel good," he complained. He held the device out to Bond, who accepted it.
"But it works? You could communicate both ways with it?"
"Oh, sure." Ross nodded grudgingly. "I got you, all right. But I couldn't get a thing out of this guy." He wagged his head toward Graham. "Except he was jittery about something."
"I see. Thanks." Bond accepted the headband. "We're going to take these to Research," he added. "Let the technicians there find out how good they are." He turned away and led Graham to his helicopter.
As Graham settled in the seat, he turned to the sector leader. "He just couldn't use it properly," he remarked. "Maybe only certain people can use them."