He glanced up as he finished tying the first skate and nodded toward it. "Pick it up and get a good look at the blades." Well, technically one but also two. "You're not going to cut yourself with them, unless there's a lot of force. You should also probably figure out inside and outside edges, since we're going to do this more."

Was he being excessively... professional? Maybe a little. He didn't want to mess up again. Was nervous as hell, and then there was the memory stuff.....

Which made him really not want to mess up again.