You know Maya, you girls are the only ones I can trust to even touch these vehicles.” A voice echoes down to her from an upper level in the hangar she was helping Megumi’s Father. “Government gave you good mechanical experience. Real proud of you girls.”

Maya gives a quick smirk before finding another loose bolt to tighten down. “The praise is more deserving of your daughter Mr. Nen. Without her, we wouldn’t have single manned vehicles or have an understanding as to why a group of humans can band their auras together to create a more powerful one.” She wipes away some grime off her hands with a nearby towel. “I… I also wouldn’t have found my calling in life if we hadn’t met. Megumi makes up the Maya I’d say.” She glances around shyly for a brief moment, “Wow I say things like that all the time in her presence but I never realized how embarrassing that is.”

Mr.Nen chuckles as he climbs down a ladder. “I’m sure Megumi feels exactly the same way about you Maya, embarrassment and all.”

“Ah if only it were so sir,” she leans her head into her hand as sighs, “I’m afraid the princess of mine who rescued my life will never realize the love I share.”

A steel pang signaled that the storm above was finally setting siege to the hangar with rain, causing the two to look up at the roof. The wind had picked up along with the lightning and thunder to make a dull gloom of what was once a simple midday drizzle. Mr.Nen hustled to the entrance where gears for the hanger door were and touched what looks like an orb off to its side. He concentrated for a moment to let his aura pour from the orb and into the complicated gear system, activating their movement and slowly shutting the large hangar doors. A metallic twang rumbled as the doors finally connected and locked shut tight to keep the incoming storm out. “Thunderstorms are really rare in these parts…” He mumbles to himself as he removes his hand from the orb. “which is why I had set up this workshop here in the first place. Well, Maya,” he turns to her, “we might have to call it today. Airship hangars tend to be lightning rods and I’m not endangering us to a freak storm.”

“Yeah, I’m not a big fan of frizzy shocked hair” Maya chuckles while cleaning up and re-organizing her tools. “Besides I want to catch Megumi on the way back and hope we can duck into a cafe or something.”

Mr. Nen smiles, “Yeah those town meetings aren’t all that pleasant to be in. There’s a reason this colony town was called Phoba and if you never believed those stories then you would just have to experience it yourself.” His smile fades for only a moment before turning back to Maya. “Now go on then I’ll handle the cleanup here. Don’t need you to miss each other by chance and getting soaked and lonely.”

Her face grows a little pinker, high contrast to her pale complexion, and a wide smile crosses her face before she bows formally. “At once sir. I shall not let her be without her knight for any longer.”

They both give a hearty laugh as she heads for an exit to the hanger, remembering at the last second to at least take a wide-brimmed wooden umbrella. She opened the door, greeting the unwelcome rain slamming itself at the walls trying to get in, opened up her umbrella and closed the door behind her. Despite the storm, she was in high spirits thinking about what kind of cafe to try to duck into once she finds Megumi. She starts heading across the field towards the road, taking in the surrounding scenery of Phoba in the distance. The mountainous region hugs the storm clouds closely, outlining the snowed caps in the distance past the town. Around the town there were rolling hills reaching out to the yellowing sky, illuminated from the occasional lightning. The rain was no longer cold like it was earlier in the day, now it was almost tropical in temperature, though that didn’t stop the wind chill from giving Maya an occasional shiver down her spine. She deeply inhales the tropic air she’s grown up in from her early years and exhales slowly, tasting the mixed feelings of the weather. It tugs at her distant memories, a time from when she had first met Megumi after joining the Demon Hunter ranks. She briefly looks back at the hangar behind her as a blanket of rain was slammed across the arched roofing. It was here Maya was sent for mechanic training, knowing absolutely nothing about its processes. Continuing on her way with new enthusiasm brightened by the flashes from the sky’s downpour.