D is still looking at Manabu, of course, but finally the clinical surveying softens ever so slightly in the rusty eyes below the thick lashes. Another good boy for Meridian......?

"It won't be easy." It doesn't sound like advice so much as a mutual understanding. It really isn't going to be easy. Even on the Zenith side, it wouldn't be easy. "But it doesn't sound like that will stop you."

Manabu has a good start. He's getting Link vibes a little.

"You worked for a space railway system?"