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The weather made Mei frown and twitch. Not only did it remind her of past events, reminiscing made her feel old, it was also unbearably hot even under the shade of the giant sun umbrella Banning had provided her. Her Essentic bodyguard sat not too far from her feet relaxing in a miniature pool of ice. If it hadn’t been for Kyru, Mei would probably have forgotten that she promised a day out of her lab for him. She eyed him wearily but he paid her no heed. Well, he does deserve a vacation since he somehow managed to save her once again from her hobby, making armored robots whom conventionally turn evil.

Mei sighed and sat back in her chair staring at the surrounding garden. She had pitched her spot near the entrance of the manor and been enjoying the last hour starring blankly at the sky. Banning was too busy to join her today, apparently business always comes before leisure to that man, and the rest of the staff were busy tending to the house among other things. Jonathan was the only one who even bothered to drop by with a hello, but only to bring her two glasses of lemon-aid and ice cubes. She took a small sip and sighed uncertainly. Taking days off wasn't really in her nature as she would prefer being cooped up in her heavenly lab.

"Are you done yet? I think I'm ready to leave." No response. The little dragon seemed rather cozy and was drifting off into dreamland. Mei glared at him as she gulped down half the glass and began chewing on the little ice blocks, a little annoyed at the situation. She took out her sketch pad of ideas and a pencil but the weather made her uncomfortable and drained her creative juices. Another sigh escaped from her lips.

Mei stared up blankly at the girl as she walked towards her. Even though she looked familiar, her name doesn’t pop into her head and that meant that they were probably never introduced. Was there a worker who wasn’t pretending to be busy indoors? Not likely. Her outfit was also a bit impratical for work and on top of that, the girl seemed like she had just walked for miles. It took another moment for her to regain her voice. ”Erm…yes?” She pushed her second glass of cold drink towards the girl. ”You look like you could use this more than me.”

The sudden introduction of an unfamiliar sound woke Kyru up. He stirred in his in his icy bed and lifted his head to stare at the newcomer uncertainly. It took him another second to get to his wing and shake into working condition, his half open ruby eyes never leaving their target. With a few flaps, the Essentic was up in the air and examining her more closely to determine if she was a threat. ”Eh…hehe,” Mei grabbed his tail and pulled him back onto the table. She knew his habit of examining and acting like a gangster towards new people but still, she wasn’t happy that he was acting this way towards a defenseless girl.

"Come on, settle down," she muttered under her breath.

Kyru seemed a little bored of interacting with another human. Afterall, it was like he could just randomly strick up a conversation. To show his semi-approval, he backed of and sat down quietly on the table starring at her with a bit less of an aggressive attitude. “No problem, I was getting a bit bored anyway” Resisting the urge to pout. She had expected at least someone to join her but it seemed her angry outbreak the day before had scared most of them away. Maybe she was getting spoiled with the man’s wealth, exactly what she didn’t want to happen. Mei made herself a mental note to use less money. ”So what’s your name and why are you here anyway?”

What was that? It seemed something giant popped out of the basket, startling Mei. Kyru wasn’t moved at all because he trained himself well after his previous embarassment. An uncomfortable grin appeared on her face, ” Could I request that she doesn’t do that in the future.”

The slate blue Essentic approached the butterfly creature and eyed her carefully. When he nozzled her antennae’s, his eyes lit up and he rubbed them some more with a rather silly grin, ”Kyuuuuuu.” Ah. Mei’s eyes popped out, what in the world was happening? Did the sky fall? It was something that had never happen since he emerged. ”Come on, stop bothering the guests,” the girl attempted with all of her strength to pull him away but he wouldn’t budge. ”Wha-what’s going on? Hey! Stop, I said stop! Come on!”

Mei glared at them with a glint of accusation in her eyes, "No, he hasn’t. You didn’t do anything funny to him, did you? She knew the question seemed almost preposterous but she still felt it was in her right to ask. It wasn't in Kyru’s character to be so friendly with anyone except her especially only after a few seconds. The only thing that she could imagine was either drugs or magic but drugs didn’t affect him very much from past experiences and the second had never been tried. A sudden and complete change in character just didn’t seem possible. "Please change him back if you did!"

It wasn't in Mei's character to worry over her little bodyguard as he never provided a case but there always seemed to be a first time for the good and the bad. Although his smiling face touched her deeply, it also broke her heart in a mother letting go of her child way. Would he really choose another Essentic over her? She felt a bit lonely somewhere deep inside her. Drowning in self pity wasn't very much like her either, there were only a few times in her life that she could remember feeling so down. "I'm Mei Lecter, you can call me Mei...and that's Kyru."

The little dragon, on the other hand, was having the time of his life. For some reason, Kyru feels as though he's never found anything quite as intriguing and he couldn't help himself despite all his senses telling him to hold caution. But they glow, was a quiet voice saying somewhere in his head. The little end bulbs do seem to glow, even in the bright afternoon sun. "Nyaaa" He nuzzled the ends some more playfully.

Could it be magic…was he really that bored at the labs? Did I keep him inside so long that his brain fried? What if he was actually hurt during the last fight? Did he drink something funny? It must be my fault! The horror dawned on her. How could she even think of blaming her own fault on a complete stranger? It must have been something she had done. Mei placed her hands on both sides of her cheeks resembling grimly of The Scream painting. What had she done to her poor friend? The girl slumped down on her knees. Hold yourself together, you’re in front of a guest.

The girl smiled to the best of her ability, resisting the urge to slap some sense back into herself. ”I’m sorry to have said something like before, I wasn’t thinking,” well, more like having a mental breakdown ”But everything should be fine, yes, fine.” The words were more for convincing herself. Yes, Kyru’s happy, there’s nothing wrong with him. Right, right… ”I’m glad you decided to visit today, you still haven’t mentioned the reason.”

Kyru-ru? The blue Essentic wondered as he cocked his head sideways. All he could assume is that she was referring to him. And this strange creature was sprouting Mei speech, was it a Mei? Nothing was adding up. But she has glowies! said the little voice. Well, guess nothing else really matters besides the fact that the thing was cool. He gave her a thumbs up. Then proceeded to grab the pool of ice from the ground and carried it onto the table. The wooden frame creaked a bit under the pressure. He grabbed a small piece of ice and held it up to her with a grin. Cool

Mei, still on her knees, felt like a complete drama queen. While this girl came all the way here to find help about her Essentic, the expert was crazy and upset about her own problems. Her face dropped to an ugly twitch. Who’s heard of doctors dishing out their own problems to their patients? Act professional, Mei, professional. She got to her feet gracefully, almost missing Elle’s words until she her Kyru hiss. Maybe he wasn’t broken after all because the little guy was apparently annoyed with something in the girl’s sentence. She celebrated quietly.


The girl rewind the dialogue in her head and figured out why. ”Faolan, as in that guy at Farstep’s fortune booth with the funny Essentic that shifted into an alter because Kyru…” The little dragon put a well placed paw over her mouth. Sometimes she just says too much. ”Are you by chance the wife he talked about?” That would explain the clothing and among other things. ”And I could give Rhian a quick glance but she looks perfectly healthy to me.”

After the short angry outburst, Kyru went back to playing with Rhian. Maybe it’s best to stay of the Mei conversations since they seem to make him annoyed quite often after all. He didn’t want to think about his last visit with that weird dress thing, it doesn’t deserve to be called a Mei, and his weird colored creature that turned big. It seems like the Pretty wasn’t afraid of him though, which was uncommon since almost everyone was afraid of him a bit, even Mei. ”Kekekeke” Rhian’s little name and ice cube outburst amused the blue proto and he nodded his head. He put the piece in his mouth and made semi wincing face until the whole thing melted smoothly in his mouth. The cool water still tingled a bit. Then he picked up another ice cube and held it towards Rhian.

Really? So this was the guy's wife. Her surprise showed that she doesn't hit the topic on the the target very often. "Kyru's been training himself after that visit. You see, Zia startled him quite a bit and stuff happens," Mei said while mulling over how that alter with a big mouth could possibly get along with others to be able to put up and live with another Essentic. Talking about one thing and pondering over another had always been one of her prized abilities. "From there, he trained himself quite hard to not flinch in surprising circumstances. His improving, at least now he's not getting hit by the objects and can dodge them...could you by change tell me how well Zia and Rhian get along?"

The other Essentic's brimming personality seemed quite contrary to his own and Kyru was surprised that it was catchy. Although he doubted that he could never see himself as openly bright as the butterfly, he was sure he could be a little more satisfied with his job...maybe even with the fact that he's coped up in the lab. He handed her another ice cube then flew past her, turning around only to give a her a follow me gesture.