"I," Peridot said, eating that buttering-up with a spoon, "am a Homeworld technician. I was made brilliant. And besides, human technology is easy. Once you get the hang of what parts are digital components and which ones are fasteners to keep the case together, anyway..."

There had been a slight learning curve, so sue her.

"You wanted a holo-projection screen installed, right? Did you want the projection itself to be interactive so that it replaces the current screen along with your current capacitive sensor abilities? Or would you rather the projection be something separate from the display you're using now, so that you can make use of both while controlling the holoprojections via the surface-touch you're used to?"