It was his own.
He worked slowly. Not because he’d forgotten how—his hands still knew the dance of lock washer, flat washer, nut—but because he wanted to savor it. Page 4: attach stabilizer bar. Page 7: route the data cable before sealing the lower casing. Page 11 (red ink, underlined twice): “The left pedal crank is reverse-threaded. If you force it clockwise, you will strip it. Ask me how I know.” Exergear X10 Cross Trainer Manual BETTER
A long pause. Then: “The one with the reverse-threaded crank?” It was his own
Liam flipped through the pages. He saw the torque tables, the red arrows, the sticky notes. Then he saw the margin note. He read it twice. the red arrows