GR translation: His eyes are steelies that never lose.

[David Morris]

Pinballs and marbles might be implied, but the direct meaning is clear:

Adjective. *steely*-*eyed* ‎(comparative more *steely*-*eyed*, superlative
most *steely*-*eyed*) (idiomatic) Having a hard, strong, and determined
look about oneself. (idiomatic) Having a hard, strong, and determined
mindset / mentality.

David Morris

On Thursday, December 1, 2016, Mike Jing <gravitys.rainbow.cn at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Thanks, Monte.
>
> On Thu, Dec 1, 2016 at 1:37 PM, Monte Davis <montedavis49 at gmail.com
> <javascript:;>> wrote:
> > Yes. Keep in mind the pinball machines -- V273, 581-586 -- and ball
> bearings
> > (295) critical to teachnology, and other spheres subject to chance and
> > necessity:
> >
> > "It’s that familiar division between return and one-shot visitation. If
> > Katspiel had enough energy to leave the sun’s field forever, then it has
> > left these kind round beings in eternal exile, with no chance of ever
> being
> > gathered back home, doomed to masquerade as ball bearings, as steelies
> in a
> > thousand marble games... " (584)
> >
> > On Thu, Dec 1, 2016 at 1:09 PM, Mike Jing <gravitys.rainbow.cn at gmail.com
> <javascript:;>>
> > wrote:
> >>
> >> V526.9-21, P535.5-19   The Springer is his old chipper self: “Fresh
> >> eggs and coffee in the pilot house—fall to. We’re due out of here in
> >> 15 minutes.”
> >>        “Well just belay that ‘we,’ Ace.”
> >>        “But I need your help.” Springer’s wearing a suit of fine tweed
> >> this morning, very Savile Row, fits perfectly—
> >>        “Närrisch needed your help.”
> >>        “You don’t know what you’re talking about.” His eyes are
> >> steelies that never lose. His laugh, subtitled Humoring the Fools, is
> >> Mitteleuropäisch and mirthless. “All right, all right. How much do you
> >> want?”
> >>        “Everything’s got a price, right?” But he’s not being noble
> >> here, no, what it is is that his own price has just occurred to him,
> >> and he needs to shim the talk here, give it a second to breathe and
> >> develop.
> >>        “Everything.”
> >>
> >> The word "lose" here refers to a game of marbles, is that correct?
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> >
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