"Believe me, I've noticed," Jim answers Samus. But he hopes he can leave it there before she starts digging too deep, when they haven't even started the main event yet. And she looks ready to take off without him if he doesn't smarten up.

He finishes his stretches, not sure how happy his back is going to be with him by the time they're done, but there's no way to get back to fighting fit unless he starts pushing himself more. "That," he says with a nod, "and I'd say beautiful's a judgment of appreciation, and fascinating's more what makes you want to look deeper into it. They're not mutually exclusive but they're not synonymous."