It does. And the rest of them know it too. Hobbies, like they keep suggesting to me, don't work.

[He sighed, focusing in on the curve of the basin. It was three meters, he guesstimated. Three meters, or close to fifteen feet if he was getting the Imperial notation correct. That was going to be a doozy.]

...That was part of the 'taking it easy.' I haven't been able to get out to the barracks for the better part of two months, and working with Smoker always helps to take the edge off.

We've gone back to our system. He knows my strengths and weaknesses, and is finding ways to work around everything. Smart man, and he cares more than he lets on.