But why would he ask about that?

I just replied with a "?"

No response. He'd already eaten breakfast and headed to the park before me.

Since they'd fixed the wiring overnight, Ashton jumped right into debugging. I was basically just his second pair of eyes - he'd adjust the programming, and I'd check if anything looked off.

Now I got what he meant last night. He seriously didn't want anything slowing down the work.

The guy ...