Yeah I always try to play with it the easy ways before tearing it apart but.. [ Duo shrugs, by now knowing too damn well just how squirrely machinery can be even when there's no reason for it to be. The good and bad thing about anything automated is just that - it follows its instructions to a tee because that's how it's programmed, but one small deviation and the thing can, no doubt, go a little while in short order.

Or cause a little havoc as Allura's case showed.

He smiles as she notes his message came just in time, shrugging lightly. ]

Well, don't give me any laurels before I actually get it fixed up, huh? Natha stuff can sometimes be a bit much for me.

[ Not that it stopped him.. just took a little longer. Duo pulls a tool from his hair first - a small hair clip, it appeared...

Perfect for jimmying under things like metal panels. Which is exactly what he does until it pops off. ]