"Well," smiled Ben, "you'll see. Anyway, the camera comes roaring out, is poised in midair, and is snapped. The timing isn't too good, however. Well, you'll see the camera come out and snap around the place when the accident happens. Remember this is not time travel, and you can't go forward and take a picture and then come back."
"For what good it does, we can tell about when a piece of goods will move by leaning a long-time mislink against it and waiting for it to fall."
"Does electricity cross the gap?"
"Nope. Only force and motion. The television idea isn't good either, young man."
"Um, how did you know?" asked Peter.
"We go through this regular. You're not the first that has been trying to avert accidents."
"You understand that I represent I.I.I.?"
"Yes," said Simpkins. "As such, it is your responsibility to do as much as possible to save your company money. That is your job."
"Right. I still say that there is some means of averting the accident, somehow."