Kid Win nodded. “I’m figuring that out. I spent a long time trying to be like other tinkers and struggling. Ninety percent of my projects just stopped before I finished it. The stuff I finished, I finished it because it was simple. Guns, the floating hoverboard… well, I used to have a floating hoverboard. I sort of copied Hero’s approach.
Maybe his specialty is simple things.
…nah.
‘Board instead of jetpack, but I made the guns, tried a few disintegration rays. Maybe part of the reason I finished that stuff was because I felt like I’d be insulting Hero by trying to copy his style and making a mess of it.”
As good a motivation as any, I suppose.
“Makes sense,” Legend spoke, primarily to show he was listening.
“But lately I’ve started to relax about that. Maybe it helps that we’ve been working as hard as we have. I’ve been too tired to keep to the rules I thought I was supposed to follow.
Work outside the box!
Still have to spend time in the workshop, I think I’d go crazy if I didn’t, but I’m winging it more. I’m trusting my instincts and spending less time using the computers to get the exact numbers and measurements.”
Considering you almost certainly have superpowered instincts for these things, that’s probably a good thing.
“To help compensate for your dyscalculia?”
Oh, right.
“I didn’t know you knew about that. I didn’t know the PRT knew about that.”
I suppose Arcadia would have discovered it and told the PRT. That or they’ve dug up a diagnosis.
“Dragon’s talents make for very comprehensive records, sorry.”
Big Dragon is watching you.
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