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The boy swiveled towards Yuurei and allowed a polite smile to grace his thin lips, “You aren’t being a bother at all! I just wasn’t sure how long my car would take to fix. My father kid of… found it at a junkyard and tried fixing it up himself. I wouldn’t be surprised to find out that it is being held together by gum or something,” he chuckled and continued on, “Then again I don’t think I could do much better. I’m from Aekea, but mechanics have never been my strong point.” Josh still found it embarrassing that he lacked any knowledge of machines. He had grown up next to them and hadn’t gone a day without seeing at least some kind of robot puttering and clunking its way down a road. He figured he would have at least picked up on something… that was not the case.

Josh turned his charming smirk to Lucia and locked eyes with the young frei, warm auburn met chilly purple. Judging by the apprehension in her face, the subject of her powers was a bit embarrassing for Lucia to articulate. Nevertheless, he was pleased when she answered his question. The boy absorbed Lucia’s elaboration and cooed inattentively, “Oh, you should try meeting Eiry.” Whenever anyone spoke of ghosts, the boy’s mind was automatically drawn to the ghastly raevan and his haunted home. The minty frei seemed to have a close affiliation with spirits. However, with her leather clothing and occult trinkets, Lucia seemed to fit the stereotype of a ‘devil worshipper’ a lot more closely than the sly green raevan who had help him catch his soul. To be honest, her entire appearance had a soft gothic feel to it. It would make sense that she had some connection the souls and ghosts.

Josh grinned at Yuurei assuming that her smiling meant that she was finally warming up to him, “Hmm, I have to say that I love athletics. If you ever need a tennis trainer I’m your man.” The boy poked his chest with a puff of pride. He raised an eyebrow and chimed at the older woman, “What is it that you do?” It was always exciting to learn about new people. This instance wasn't any different. Josh could feel his curiosity peaking.

Josh tried to describe Eiry the best he could, “He is very pale and has a sort of green glow about him. He is a bit scary and like pulling pranks. I’m guessing you haven’t met him then.” Josh motioned with his hands as he described the frei., trying to elaborate his details. He wasn’t too concerned though. Lucia seemed to have a way with understanding what he meant.

Josh’ s eye grew wide and nearly doubled in size when Yuurei mentioned she had experience in tennis. He bounced playfully in his seat enamored by the idea of having a tennis partner who wasn’t a seven year old girl. He looked very similar to a kid strung out on Christmas day, “Of course we should!” Josh gasped when Yuurei mention that she was an entrepreneur. For some reason, he had the mindset that business profiteers simply stayed at home hoarding away there dusty money and constantly counting their grimy pennies. Something like Gambino. This young woman before him completely shattered his impression of an entrepreneur. However, it didn’t seem as though she was above spending her earnings. Josh’s mouth fell agape as she listed off the things she did in her spare time. His free time was spent playing video games, hers was spent journeying around Gaia. It was like they were from separate worlds.


Josh piped up at Lucia, “O-oh, I didn’t mean to say that he was a nasty person! Quite the opposite, he is very sweet. His jokes are just in good humor really,” the boy smiled, “I just thought you would like meeting him because he lives in a haunted house. And he is kind of like a ghost himself. He can float through things.”

Lucia perked up almost as much as Josh. Both looked like children discussing their favorite candy or toy to one another. Their eye were alight with glee and their mouth were working at lightning speed. “I have been there but… well, I haven’t seen a ghost there yet. I know that it is haunted though!” Josh grinned smugly as if his expression could confirm his entire account.

The boy tensed as he saw Lucia nearly overload before him. Apparently, she wasn’t as keen as he had given her credit for. Josh once again assumed the sweets soft tone he used with children. His saccharine words washed over Lucia, “He is not a ghost, he is a raevan. However, he has powers like a ghost. So he can float through things when he wants to.” Josh waited for an ear twitch... a smile... a blink... any indication that his words were sinking in.

Even if it was hunger induced, Josh enjoyed seeing the feline raevan’s mood take a dramatic turnaround. Lucia’s once gloomy exterior had faded into that of a giggling and playful kid. It seemed that all the freis were still children once you got down to it. Alas, it was getting late. The sun was no longer visible. The stars were starting to peek out and twinkle in the black-blue sky. Josh shot Lucia one last smile and gave her head the gentlest of pats making sure not to muss up her hair, “You’re welcome. It was lovely meeting you both,” Josh eagerly took the card presented to him, “Consider it a date Yuurei. I can’t wait to see both of you again.”

The boy watched as they left and could make out faint strings of cursing coming from his car. It seemed as though the mechanic was running into more problems than he had expected. Josh rolled his eyes and sat back in his seat. It was going to be a long night….