Working with technology had always been a hobby of his. Even before he had gone off to college to support his love of tinkering, he would take things apart and learned how they worked before putting them back together. The best part was, occasionally they would even work like they were intended to. Over the years this had taught him many things, some more important than others. Namely, always wear gloves when working with electronics.
For this reason, it had become a second nature to him when he was in the lab, always wear your lab coat and gloves. The main problem with this was when trying to work with more delicate parts. It always came down to a high probability of injuring himself or worrying that it wasn't done to the attention to detail he liked. Which is what lead him here, staring angrily at the delicate wires hanging loosely inside his newest death ray.
It was a delicate balance of attaching the unprotected copper while avoiding the positive charge. He felt foolish for leaving it for last when he could've just as easily attached them while it was in pieces. Now the only way to access it was a regrettably, and in hindsight foolishly, small port on the side. Knowing Shego was behind him reading her magazine, he couldn't exactly take it apart just to reassemble the cursed thing. He was feeling quite prideful of his newest scheme to be teased this early on. After debating with himself and chewing the inside of his cheek till it was sore, he made up his mind.
Nipping the tip of his right index finger he slowly pulled his glove off hoping he wouldn't draw any attention to his mistake. At once he knew Shego was watching him, if the magazine closing was any indication. She knew his chances of getting electrocuted were fairly high and loved to see how his luck played out when he was being too stubborn to do it safely.
He would just have to ignore her and focus. Placing his left hand of the base of the neck for balance he leaned forward and tried to reach for the two loose wire inside. Thankfully he had taken the time to color-code them properly this time, so he knew could all he had to do was splice them together and attach it. It was simple, but delicate work.
Unfortunately, he couldn't really fit more than 2 fingers inside. So he carefully began to twist the two wires together until they were properly spliced. Great, now all he had to do was attach it and not get an electrical burn. Slowly, he maneuvered the wires to the connection port. He could feel the electrical heat coming off the live wires already in place and quickly regretted taking his glove off. Finally, he got it attached and sealed. He could feel the evil smirk beginning to cross his face as he was that much closer to work domination.
So of course he nearly jumped out of his skin and narrowly avoided getting burned when he heard the sound of glass breaking.
Startled by the sound he turned to see Shego had dropped her glass. He frowned angrily about to reprimand her for disrupting his concentration but paused when he saw her face. It was wide-eyed and if he didn't know any better she was definitely blushing. Maybe she was embarrassed she had dropped her drink, which was very unlike her.
A glove muffled "What?" echoed through the lab after a period of silence.
She said nothing, just blinked once then proceeded to turn and leave without a word. That wasn't entirely unlike her, so maybe he had been muttering again and she was trying to get him to stop. Either way, he was almost done. So he turned back towards his elaborate laser and thoughts of world conquest.