Sherry had dragged me down to the Workshop. Seems the guy she was so interested in and that she'd told me would be a good addition to our study group was probably down there and had forgotten he was supposed to meet us to study.

Sure enough, he was in the middle of a cluster of guys in lab coats arguing about something. after listening for a bit, I was able to piece together that some gizmo he'd built was ready for testing, but because they weren't sure it'd work right he couldn't just flip the switch.

"So where is this gadget? And what's the deal?"

He pointed at a door on the other side of the room. I peeked in and there was this wall with a viewport in it a few feet from the door. It was just sort of freestanding (but braced). I could see this box sitting on a table a dozen feet from the wall. I guess the wall was the blast shield one of them kept mentioning.

I walked around the wall and looked at the box. I could see a toggle switch sticking up from the top. That was what the fuss was about?

I went back into the other room and looked at Sherry who was obviously getting impatient. Right. The guys were still arguing. Something about remote triggered solenoids?

I stuck fingers in my mouth and gave a LOUD whistle. That got their attention.

"I know how to trigger it safely."

That got a lot of snorts.

Okay, if that's the way they want to be...

"Don't believe me? I'll show you." With that I strode back into the other room.

I took another look at the box and the table. The table was bolted to the floor and the box was in some sort of holder bolted to the table.

"George? It's safe to touch this, as long as I don't flip the switch, right?"

"Yes, but...."

"Watch and learn..." With that, I dug into my purse and pulled out a sewing kit. I carefully knotted the end of a thread around the thickest part of the toggle. I set the spool down, then dug out the tube of superglue I had for repairing add-on nails. A quick bead of glue went over the thread, binding it to the toggle.

I walked back to the blast wall and reached up to set the spool on the top. Then I got behind it, picked up the spool and unrolled another 6 feet of thread and cut it.

I handed the end to George and said "Wrap that around a pencil or something and pull when you want to flip the switch. Then come over to the library to study with us." Then I looked at Sherry and we both walked out the door.

Once we got out into the hall, Sherry lost it. "Devisors and gadgeteeers. You know they'd have spent hours designing some fancy trigger, don't you?"

I nodded. "Or getting a TK to flip the switch."

I swear, sometimes having powers seems to get in everyone's way.