*Chuckles* I can just see this scene now... Benjamin doing routine maintenance on the Digamma Thunderbolt while an interested certain someone looks on.
"Geeze Uncle Ben. How can you work on these things? I get sick just thinking about it."
"Well, it's pretty simple, really," came Ben's voice, echoing weirdly from within the crystalline matrices of the focusing manifold. "Your old Uncle Ben's a true blue mad genius."
"You don't seem like it."
"Of course not. Unlike people such as The Professor, I manage to keep a pretty solid filter on it. Hand me that electrospanner spanner over there, would you? That's a girl. You know, it's kinda funny. I gave these very engines to your pops thinking he'd use them to upgrade the old 'Blade. Instead he used them on your ship. Not that I'm offended, it just kinda surprised me."
"Really? I wonder why he wouldn't."
"I've asked him myself, but he politely dodged the question. I didn't push him since I know we've all got our secrets up here. Usually it has to do with some special quirk that's either debilitating or outlandishly embarrassing. Handwavium's like that you know. In fact I wouldn't be surprised if you had your own to keep. Don't tell me, they're not really for me to know, you know? Anyhow, if you're curious enough, your Dad'll probably tell you. If not, then he probably feels you're not ready to know. OKAY THEN! That does it for the starboard side. Onto the port side!"
"Geeze Uncle Ben. How can you work on these things? I get sick just thinking about it."
"Well, it's pretty simple, really," came Ben's voice, echoing weirdly from within the crystalline matrices of the focusing manifold. "Your old Uncle Ben's a true blue mad genius."
"You don't seem like it."
"Of course not. Unlike people such as The Professor, I manage to keep a pretty solid filter on it. Hand me that electrospanner spanner over there, would you? That's a girl. You know, it's kinda funny. I gave these very engines to your pops thinking he'd use them to upgrade the old 'Blade. Instead he used them on your ship. Not that I'm offended, it just kinda surprised me."
"Really? I wonder why he wouldn't."
"I've asked him myself, but he politely dodged the question. I didn't push him since I know we've all got our secrets up here. Usually it has to do with some special quirk that's either debilitating or outlandishly embarrassing. Handwavium's like that you know. In fact I wouldn't be surprised if you had your own to keep. Don't tell me, they're not really for me to know, you know? Anyhow, if you're curious enough, your Dad'll probably tell you. If not, then he probably feels you're not ready to know. OKAY THEN! That does it for the starboard side. Onto the port side!"