Jay looked over the blueprints again. He twisted the screwdriver forcefully. The screw locked into place and Jay flipped the machine over to the other side. He started screwing in screws there.
The other ninja watched from the doorway. Each one was studying Jay closely, watching to see what he would do. It had been a week since Jay was diagnosed. Since then, Jay has only had one meltdown. (He kept waking up that night from loss of breath in his sleep. Then, he and Kai got into an argument and Jay let his emotions get out of control.)
"Hey Neuro." Cole had called up Neuro about once a day, trying to find out more about Jay's disorder. "Jay's focused on something right now and he hasn't ticked at all in the past two hours. Is this normal?"
"You said he's focused on something? That must be it. Tics wax and wane. When Jay experiences a lot of big emotions, like anger, nervousness, and excitement, he will tic more. When he's focused on a task at hand, he tics will be minimal and small and unnoticeable. Probably why he never had any tic attacks when you guys went on missions."
"Ohhh. That makes sense. Thanks Neuro. Bye." A muffled bye came through the phone and Cole ended the call. He turned his attention back to Jay.
Jay became more aware of his surroundings. The minute he noticed he wasn't ticing, he began again. He heard someone gasp behind him. "WHY ARE YOU FOUR STARING AT ME?"