Harrison had just opened the door to the restaurant to see the Lieutenant fall and Liberty Ale spill around him. At least the durable plexiglass cup had survived the fall and only cracked; shattered glass makes a bad mess. A few people were startled, and an Ensign walked over to towards the fallen man like he owned the place, but most people seemed to go about their business.
Frank mumbled to himself, "Think I came at a bad time ... " then gently closed the door behind himself. He quickly looked around to get more of an impression of what was happening ...
A Captain was talking to a man in a leather jacket and another Lieutenant with a rather indignant-looking marine had just walked up to them. Thinking to himself, 'Well I guess that's not so b- Oh crap, she looks like she's about to kill someone"
From where he was standing, he had likely not been noticed. Harrison was still standing next to the entrance in a little alcove, and decided to stay there until things calmed down and he could have a pint.
"You see what your knowledge tells you you're seeing. ... how, what you think the universe is, and how you react to that in everything you do, depends on what you know. And when that knowledge changes, for you, the universe changes. And that is as true for the whole of society as that is for the individual. We all are what we know, today. What we knew yesterday, was different; and so were we."
- James Burke, The Day the Universe Changed (1985)
