It twitches a bit more than the previous time.

Higher bleep. "Your ball."

Shoots, exactly as fast as the first time.

It goes, faster than all the previous times, losing momentum before hitting a wall but not enough that it doesn't bounce off it and goes a ways towards the opposite wall.

...it rolls a tad.

"Okay, I'm going to tell Windflower to duck under the table in case you fling one too hard at a wall. ...Real ball go."

The robots might notice it rolling a little bit more, but it's little enough that it might just be random fluctuations in air currents or some such.

"Your ball go."

Lorica snorts. The bot whistles very high indeed. "You broke it. Can you put it back without video?"

It goes! Slower than the second time she told their ball to go after Windflower was around, but faster than the third.

Real ball: no go.

"And now I'm going to tell her to step out of the room for some control data. Real ball go."

Rolls a tiny bit, the least it's rolled so far other than the times it just twitched.

"Your ball go."

Goes exactly as much as the very first time she asked their ball to go.

"Okay, she's back now," Lorica lies. "Expecting, quote, 'more of the same'. Your ball go."

Goes slightly faster than it just did, not as fast as when Windflower had actually been there and been told to expect more of the same.

Windflower actually returns to the room. "Told her we're going to do the hovering thing, like your suit."

"And I'm supposed to still make it slide?"