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This is set after "End Prog," and it serves as a companion piece to the preceding drabble, Dashboard full of lights.
Another pair of hands
She traced the wave of curses to Mouse, working beneath Ship.
AndrAIa peered into Ship's opened underbelly. "What's up?"
"Nothing y'all should worry about. Just some--" Mouse gritted her teeth and pulled. "--fine-tuning."
"I can help."
"I wish you could, sugar," Mouse said. "But she's a mighty complex rig, heavily modified--"
"Is that a Transnetic CA9 Booster?" said AndrAIa, with interest.
Mouse looked her over, askance. "You know what a Transnetic CA9 Booster is?"
Archly, AndrAIa said, "It's only the most reliable booster application on the black market."
"Well!" said Mouse. "How about you upload yourself a pair of gloves?"
This story was originally posted at livejournal on 11/26/2009.