...bearing a clay cup, which he handed to Ayen. It occurred to Sheppard that he would have to remember never to mention the idea of such lab lackeys to McKay. He already viewed his own lab assistants and junior scientists enough as minions, and if he once got the idea into his head he’d probably be bugging Sheppard about assigning military “grunts” to unskilled labor detail in the labs. Sheppard had to smile...