Chemistry Lab Comments

Thanks guys. Actually, what really happened is that Pilshoffer smirked at my so-called clumsy attempts to finish a lab experiment involving highly volatile substances. The explosion wasn't really any more damaging than the 80 % destruction of the laboratory, a palm size burn to my lower leg and the burned and ripped trousers of Pilshoffer's best pin-striped work pants and the disappearance of his briefcase, including lunch. From memory, I wore a small smile just prior to the BANG, but for different reasons. Herbert

Your last 3 lines leave me wondering, 'did you blow up the chemistry lab because you were obeying his instructions? Was his smile inspired by the knowledge that this would occur? ' Or am I just reading more that I should into an endiing that you perhaps want to leave ambiguous? '