Three Engineers, Rated G
“Reduce speed 9%,” Melanie reluctantly relented.
“I told you so,” Javi growled in frustration, “But neither of you ever listen to me, do you?”
“It’s a rough stretch of track, Javi,” Bennett butted in, “It’s precarious and mistakes are easily made.”
“Which is why,” Javi huffed, “We need to be smart, and err on the side of caution.”
“Javi,” Melanie’s tone was clipped, “You know we can’t afford to reduce power in this section. Not if we can avoid it-and we will always do everything in our power to avoid it. Look. Nothing was seriously damaged, we didn’t lose any lives today.”
Javi rolled his eyes, grumbling, “You guys should listen to me more often, you know.”
“Well, it’s done now,” Bennett finally said, “So let’s just move on.”
They all mumbled various agreements, and went back to working in near total silence.