"I would rather see the fun stuff." Oooh, like that cool shiny thing over there. He took Hartley's hand and linked his fingers into Hartley's so he could playfully tug him over to Cisco's prototype of the accelerator that was tiny, small and designed to see how stable the material was to hold the blast and not much else. Cisco called it his particle blaster. "What's that thing and how do I play with it? Can I play with it? Or is everything here all 'look but don't touch' like the time you took me to that museum to look at things."
Hartley did notice that, no, they shouldn't be holding hands, but pulling away would probably be even worse. "It's not a toy, Giac." He let go of him to explain the components and what it did, at least in a way that he thought James could still follow. He wasn't stupid, he simply hadn't studied this the way he had, but Hartley had discussed such things with him for years now, so it really wasn't like he wouldn't get it. "It's just here for some calculations. We need to ensure the real thing can't malfunction."
"Cool so we can blow shit up and see if the material can hold it? I got it. That's pretty cool." Setting himself down on a nearby work bench, he smiled at Hartley and watched him explain everything, talking away and telling him all manner of calculations he could kind of follow. He liked Hartley like this, all passionate and excited. He was so happy that someone had seen his potential and given him this chance.
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