"That's such a shame," she teases. "This place could really use some better options gifts to give," she adds with a little smirk. In a place, though, where real food is a hot commodity, she tends to think that Tony picked really well from the limited selection available to him. Maybe she'll have to start working on edibles, too...functional as soap but edible. It's a thought worth shelving for now to consider later. It probably isn't possible in a place like this, or if it is, it'll be expensive as hell to manufacture, but maybe someday it'll be worth doing.
His whistle earns him a nod and little grin. "I know, right? I thought you might like that," she says. Lydia isn't all that impressed because she hasn't ever been all that interested in machinery but someone like Tony? It makes sense that he might be interested in the back room at her shop more than she is. Tony's initial question is met with a nod. "Seriously," she assures him.
It isn't a selfless decision on her part. Sure, she'll be doing Tony a favor, giving him a mechanical lab and a legitimate reason to order supplies for whatever he wants to do and there's no way anyone can question whether he's using them "correctly" or not, because as long as he stays within the guidelines of ordering parts for machines or bots that she already has, no one would even think to check. The machines and bots are all in working order, but they're not perfect and it isn't inconceivable that she might hire a mechanical engineer or someone with that skill set to come in and soup them up. The production value would be the same, in the end, as far as the average Alpha would be able to tell, anyway. This is entirely a win-win, she thinks. He gets those benefits and she reaps the benefits of weapons that might actually be useful and which, even better, aren't available on the Infrared Market for the right price. That's the important part. Tony will have the advantage of knowing exactly what's available with just the smallest bit of research. He'll be able to develop things that can trump the available weapons force and no one else will have the same ability to research what they'll be up against. All in all, until he's ready or able to reach out to the Computer to ask about his own lab to create new, more safe but effective weaponry to keep Alpha Complex safe and under control — or whatever verbiage he might use to butter the Computer up the way she did with her soaps — this is the safest way they can function in this vein.
Lydia smiles when he takes her offer but her eyebrows lift with curiosity when he goes on to ask whether she was thinking about adding to her staff. "I...hadn't really thought about it much?" she asks more than says. "I don't need anyone on my staff. I'm not hiring you to actually work for me — although, it wouldn't suck if you could actually maintain the machines and bots for me once in a while as needed — you know? They kind of do everything I need them to do on their own, now, so...I hadn't considered asking anyone else," she admits. "...why?" Translation: who did you have in mind and how does it benefit me to take them on?
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His whistle earns him a nod and little grin. "I know, right? I thought you might like that," she says. Lydia isn't all that impressed because she hasn't ever been all that interested in machinery but someone like Tony? It makes sense that he might be interested in the back room at her shop more than she is. Tony's initial question is met with a nod. "Seriously," she assures him.
It isn't a selfless decision on her part. Sure, she'll be doing Tony a favor, giving him a mechanical lab and a legitimate reason to order supplies for whatever he wants to do and there's no way anyone can question whether he's using them "correctly" or not, because as long as he stays within the guidelines of ordering parts for machines or bots that she already has, no one would even think to check. The machines and bots are all in working order, but they're not perfect and it isn't inconceivable that she might hire a mechanical engineer or someone with that skill set to come in and soup them up. The production value would be the same, in the end, as far as the average Alpha would be able to tell, anyway. This is entirely a win-win, she thinks. He gets those benefits and she reaps the benefits of weapons that might actually be useful and which, even better, aren't available on the Infrared Market for the right price. That's the important part. Tony will have the advantage of knowing exactly what's available with just the smallest bit of research. He'll be able to develop things that can trump the available weapons force and no one else will have the same ability to research what they'll be up against. All in all, until he's ready or able to reach out to the Computer to ask about his own lab to create new, more safe but effective weaponry to keep Alpha Complex safe and under control — or whatever verbiage he might use to butter the Computer up the way she did with her soaps — this is the safest way they can function in this vein.
Lydia smiles when he takes her offer but her eyebrows lift with curiosity when he goes on to ask whether she was thinking about adding to her staff. "I...hadn't really thought about it much?" she asks more than says. "I don't need anyone on my staff. I'm not hiring you to actually work for me — although, it wouldn't suck if you could actually maintain the machines and bots for me once in a while as needed — you know? They kind of do everything I need them to do on their own, now, so...I hadn't considered asking anyone else," she admits. "...why?" Translation: who did you have in mind and how does it benefit me to take them on?