As Luke entered the first checkpoint into the lab, one of the guards gave him a look over. "Aren't you a little short for a scientist?"

The other guard looked at his partner with a roll of the eyes. "Gods, would you shut up with that line? It's still not funny."

The first guard deflated a little. Then turned back to Luke. "Careful with the Shifting couplings. There's been a few flare ups. So try and stay out of old man Bil's way. You know how cranky that old bastard gets when he's working."

The second guard nodded. "And tell someone to fix the radar dish, would you? A shift knocked it out of alignment again. We can't see shit over us right now."