[ WP ] `` How breathtakingly precedent of you . '' She said sarcastically .

James awoke in the middle of the night, eyes suddenly open wide as a rush of adrenaline shot up his spine. Instantly awake, the dream not only still vividly clear but recognizable as a figment of his imagination, James knew that it made sense, even though it should n't. 
 
 It was outside of James' usual order of business to get to the lab without taking a shower first, but the fact that it actually had come to him in a dream made it all the more imperative that he get it down on paper, formed into a prototype, *something* to make sure it was not forgotten. 
 
 By the time James was halfway through building the thing from parts he realized that he could have just dictated the idea into his phone, but no matter, the prototype would do the trick and he'd have it ready by the time anyone got there. 
 
 As it turned out he was n't *quite* done when Linda came into the lab. It was clear from the way she stared at him that the fact that he'd rushed here as fast as possible was obvious. 
 
 `` What happened to you?'' she asked with a hint of concern. 
 
 `` I had an dream-.. uh.. an idea... in the middle of the night. I had to put it together before it.. uh... fell out.. yah know?'' James could barely glance away before the urge to keep going drew most of his focus. 
 
 `` Uh... huh. And what-... what *are* you making, anyway?'' Linda stepped closer and stared. 
 
 James paused for a moment, too, to look at his work. A flush entered his cheeks as he realized how terrible it looked. Between the colander, the frayed sock, and the tangle of wires it looked more like something extracted from a junk heap than a science experiment. 
 
 `` It's a field generator.'' Linda would know what he meant as they had been working on the project together for months now. 
 
 Linda slowly nodded her head, glancing between James and the contraption slowly. `` How breathtakingly precedent of you.'' She said sarcastically. `` To think the answer lay in our kitchen cupboards and hampers this whole time.'' 
 
 `` No!.. No... wait.. look.'' James finished wiring the motor to the base of the colander and hurried over to the adjacent work station. `` See, I realized that static electricity was the key.. and.. well.. watch.'' 
 
 A few more seconds of furious typing later the colander began to spin, brushing against the sock as the mess of wires began to jostle and shake. 
 
 `` James... this... can we please.'' 
 
 `` Just wait!'' 
 
 Linda glared sharply at James, then drew a breath before humoring him for exactly as long as it took to count to ten 
 
 1....2.....3.....4.....5.....6... 
 
 The ceiling tiles blew outwards.
