"It's been a while for me," he says with a rueful chuckle. "And never without proper hardware." That is, you know, a whole-ass exo to do that actual lifting.

He eyes Wash taking up position on the far side of the slab, and steps up to get a grip on his side. Experimentally, he tries to heft it, and frowns. "We might need to tag in someone else on this, mate," he opines. "This thing's solid."