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the sweat from her brow. She took a break and got out from under a
panel inside one of the damaged mobile suits. Brian poked his head in, seeing
her exhaustion.
    “Do
you want to rest?” he asked as he handed her a bottle of water.
    “We’ve
been at this for eight hours,” she said before taking a gulp of water. “One day
and we’ve almost finished repairs.”
    “It’s
amazing how much work we’ve done since yesterday,” Brian remarked. “I’ll take
over for the rest of the repairs.”
    “Thanks,”
Seles said. He went under the panel to finish repairs. “What do you want to do
when we get back to Dega Jul?”
    “A
lot,” he answered. “Most of it involves relaxing with you.”
    “You’re
not very creative today,” she said. “Normally you’d say something romantic or
foolish, or both at the same time.”
    “It’s
been so long since I last saw the sun I’m not feeling it anymore,” he clunked
under the panel, “Ouch!”
    “Are
you alright?”
    “Just
hit my head, that’s all,” he answered. This headache just won’t go away. He thought as he continued his work. “What do you want to do Seles?”
    “I
suppose I’m in the same mind set as you. I can’t think of anything to do other
than relax for the first week. Then party, that’s about all I can come up
with.” She kicked her feet forward as she spoke. Brian slid out to look at her
for a moment. Her blue silver hair hung down far past her shoulders, glittering
in the low light inside the mobile suit cockpit. Her white skin seemed to glow
in the ambient light as her purple eyes shined brightly. She turned, noting his
strange gaze. “I know that look,” she said before crawling over to him and
granting him a passionate kiss. “It’s been almost a month since we last spent a
night together.”
    “Far
too long,” he answered, brushing his hand through her hair. “You’ve grown
Seles.” He smiled as he looked over her body.
    She
closed her eyes and turned away with mock annoyance. “Is that what you were
thinking a minute ago?” She smiled afterwards.
    “Maybe,”
he answered. “It feels like we’ve been together forever.” He kissed her once
more. “You’ve become more beautiful as time’s passed.”
    “Would
you expect differently? But to be truthful, I wish you’d shave this off,” Seles
said as she brushed his beard. “I know you like it, but I don’t.”
    “You’re
wiser now as well,” he said. “I can tell Valis has had an influence on you.”
    “I’m
not the same little girl you met four years ago Brian.”
    “No
you’re not, but I’m glad you are who you are today.”
    “The
same goes for you,” she said as they embraced. They held for a long while, long
enough for Daes to look in and see them.
    “Really
you two, can’t that wait until the repairs are finished?” Daes asked. Brian and
Seles parted their embrace as he returned to work. Daes smiled when she noticed
neither was embarrassed by the scene. “You two have figured it out, haven’t
you?”
    Seles
took the water bottle and went out to leave. “Yes we have Daes,” she said while
leaving the mobile suit via the elevator cord. Seles went to her mobile suit to
check for any issues.
    “So
what do you want to talk about Daes?” Brian asked.
    “I’m
glad that you two have things figured out.” Daes said, sitting down next to
him. “None of us were sure how a relationship would work out between a man and
a woman, especially since we’re different species.” Daes brushed back her
crimson hair before blinking her blue eyes. “As for what I came to talk about,
the captain has asked me and a few of the engineers to head over to the
Daevoni. Apparently, their chief engineer and a number of their crew were
killed in an attack like ours.”
    “Who’s
going with you?” Brian asked.
    “I’ll
be taking Dreka and the Malcovin engineers with me. I figured I’d leave the
Avoni in the hands of Jesela and yourself.”
    “I’m
honored to be