One day I was taking some VIPs on a tour of the steel mill at which we were both employed and I saw him out by the blast furnace. He was covered with sweat and soot as he worked confidently just a few feet from metal, so hot that a

　　miscue(失误) would melt him, me and the tour van I was driving —instantly.

　　“I don't know how you do that，” I told him when I saw him at church the following Sunday. “It's so hot up there，even in the dead of winter. And if you make a mistake, people die. How do you handle the pressure？”

　　He scoffed at my question.

　　“It's no big deal，” he said.

　　“I've been doing this for years.

　　The furnace pretty much runs itself. I'm_just_there_for_the_ride.”

　　“Well, I'm glad it's you and not me，” I said. “I couldn't do what you do.”

　　A few weeks later, Steve and his crew came into the office to pick up some tickets for a football game the company was sponsoring. I was on a tight deadline to deliver some advertising copy, so after I greeted Steve, I returned to my computer to continue working while my staff took care of the tickets.

　　After a few minutes of tip­tip­tapping on my keyboard,

　　I had that funny,

　　awkward feeling that I had an audience.

　　I glanced up and saw Steve leaning against the wall，watching me.

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