Carl Reeve gave the screws on the front wings a few last turns, then stepped back to admire his work. It was a beauty of a Formula One car; through tedious work in the last few weeks, they had lightened the chassis by an astounding fifteen percent. The engine contained some modifications he had come up with. They were perfectly legal - they had checked the rules five times - but so unfair that the commission was sure to ban them as soon as they found out, and probably summon him just so they could all yell at him.
He changed out of his work clothes and, after a short shower, put on jeans and a checkered flannel shirt for the bus ride home. He was a man in his late twenties, tall and athletic, with short dark hair. Until two years ago, he had been a regular car mechanic, until a friend of his who happened to be an engineer had gotten him this job at Bennett Racing. He loved it - his inventions had a disturbing tendency to blow up at first, admittedly, but once he had worked out the kinks, they often got amazing results and only very rarely proved lethal.
It was not too late in the evening, and so he decided to have a beer at a place close by. He sometimes did after a long day at work. Sometimes, he met colleagues from the racing team there, but most of the customers were workers and engineers from the other companies around here. This time, though, his eye was immediately caught by someone he had never seen before. He was sure of that - he would have remembered someone this beautiful. A new employee, maybe? He managed to catch himself staring and went to the bar to order a beer.
He changed out of his work clothes and, after a short shower, put on jeans and a checkered flannel shirt for the bus ride home. He was a man in his late twenties, tall and athletic, with short dark hair. Until two years ago, he had been a regular car mechanic, until a friend of his who happened to be an engineer had gotten him this job at Bennett Racing. He loved it - his inventions had a disturbing tendency to blow up at first, admittedly, but once he had worked out the kinks, they often got amazing results and only very rarely proved lethal.
It was not too late in the evening, and so he decided to have a beer at a place close by. He sometimes did after a long day at work. Sometimes, he met colleagues from the racing team there, but most of the customers were workers and engineers from the other companies around here. This time, though, his eye was immediately caught by someone he had never seen before. He was sure of that - he would have remembered someone this beautiful. A new employee, maybe? He managed to catch himself staring and went to the bar to order a beer.