Aaron pulled out a few devices, each slightly different in color. “These stick to your shoes, and let you change your gravity so you can walk on any surface at any orientation.”
She hesitated, but pulled out a tablet and showed him. “It stops the self destruct. I don’t know what model his self destruct was, but he’ll either detonate a 5 mile crater, or he’ll shoot us all before himself to stop any information from getting out.”
Starlight’s face drained of color. “D-detonate?”
Raven looked over at him and nodded
He looked over at Pana. “Look, I’m sorry I was a piece of crap. I’m not trusting right off the bat like most people are. I literally wasn’t raised with social skills, I was raised by myself, stealing to survive.”
Starlight’s eyes widened. “Y-you’re Raven. You- you worked with them. You helped willingly,” he stuttered, terrified he was going to be taken back
She frowned. “I- I am. I’m sorry, Starlight. I didn’t understand what they were doing. I- Please. Let me help you. If I don’t… everyone in this train will die.”
"Fantastic question. I have no clue. I was talking to someone looking to hire me then... I just appeared here. Had to take a moment to adjust to the height."
He shrugged. “I run into people that entertain me. Some people don’t know when I’m just trying to push them to see how far they go. Like those two,” he said, pointing at Lia and Pana
He shrugged. "No one to worry, nowhere to go, I find it nice not to have family 'cause it gives me the freedom to live off the land. Do what I want, go where I want. Don't need to worry 'bout anyone missing me if I kick the bucket."
"It's a sci-fi story, it's easy to get something that can let me know when new people arrive. What's your name?" he asked, squatting down on the side of the building