[ Can she help him? What a good question. More easily answered if Eshkol had any idea what he actually wants out of anything.

But short term: yes. He gestures again at the laptop. It hadn't worked the first time, but some people need repetition. For emphasis he reaches as if he'd pull it open reverse of the way she'd closed it — but fails to account at all for the catch at the lip of it, like he has no idea that's a necessary step. (Which, of course, he doesn't.) ]