#fenixtj

Symond bellows from within

"Jessica."

"Oh" The seal pops, there are clicks, the door opens, and Symond rubs at her nose , spreading grease , as she shows her face, "Como Esta?"

"No estoy mal. Pensativo. Podemos hablar?"

"Sure sure, " She says switching to English "what about?"

"May I come in?"

"Yeah I guess, it's your hold, jest don't touch nothin" And she leads her in. It has not changed that much.

The anvil and forge, the steam... there are some new blue prints, some disturbing formulas that look part aztec, part love craft, and a bit kaballah

Jessica finds her usual spot. "I was wondering if you had any thoughts for someone to serve as my liaison with Skyhook."

"I thought that was me, kinda" She says

Jessica nods. "I think you'd be a very good choice for formal appointment."

"Well, I gotta make sure it's okay with Tweak. Don't want her thinking I switched sides. I'm her voice to you, not your voice to her, see the diff? otherwise she'd use my ass on some collider experiment. I furking like my ass. Like to keep it more or less with it's original smile"

Jessica nods. "That's what I needed to hear. Can you think of a good person to be -my- representative at Skyhook?"

"Nah ..mm maybe. Tweak's got this Gwydion Sidhe knight there out of duty. She's trying to make amends for kissing Summerstrike's ass."

Jessica rubs her chin, frowning and nodding. "I think I remember her."

"SHe's not too bad,, but she don't build. Tweak might be happy to send her as a messanger."

Jessica shakes her head. "Not a messenger. A liaison."

"If I speak with you about an issue for Tweak or at Skyhook, I expect that I'm speaking to Tweak about it. I want to find someone who can work on my behalf at Skyhook, not just a messenger."

"Mmmph" She says "I can see that. Not sure. She might work, might not. I'm kinda isolated in the shop"

"And I wouldn't want a conflict of interest for you if Tweak and I disagree."

"Preciate. Oh... while you're here."

And she motions the troll to follow her "I'm not just hogging space here. I'm helping the county with my own creations. I got one for you"

"Never thought otherwise, Symond." She follows.

"I know you're all about the peace stuff..." A shrug "Me, I think blood is life but whatevs... but I got .." She pulls it out, "here it is. " something that looks like a Dolly and an Oil drum had a baby with steampunk attachments

She looks it over. Cautiously.

"The blood is the life. I just like keeping the blood on the inside of people."

"I put in some of the boss' guidence tech, and the healing pools unique chemistry... you put an injured changeling insidea this... and it seals up, closing that blood in, but lets em breath... not perfect mind you. Then it rushes em , on it's own, as fast as a slow car, safely too. .I think... to Fenix healing pools"

"So if you run into somoene miles away, it gets em to the healing. That your kind of thing right?"

Jessica bites a lip. "I suppose.... if it were a guaranteed death otherwise...."

"What, you don't trust my skills?" Offended

"No, no, I absolutely trust them."

"then wha'ts witda.." SHe makes the bitting lip motion "I thought you'd be thrilled! "

"No, I am, I'm.....um, excited for the possibilities. I mean....if someone were on the very verge of death, I'm sure it would be useful!"

"Um. What else does it do?"

"Besides stablize folks, race them to safety, and save their lives you mean? Because..that's not good enough?" Bristle a bit "Well, in point of fact it also... can be broken down, see" She takes it into three eaasy pieces "And can fit in a suitcase now. Easy to assemble so even a troll can do it. "

"I didn't say it wasn't enough, or good enough." Calmly.

"I was just asking if.... there might be.... other actions it could take. If ... something happened."

"Such as?" She scratches her head confused

"Such as what 'something happened' I meaan? What sorta something?"

"Um.... well, what if it encountered something it didn't expect on the way here?"

"Oh... it's got sensors and shit, chica. .. I mean, you know if mortals are working on self driving cars we're ahead of them right? It wont' run over old ladies ....or crash into a truck running a redlight"

"And.... the person inside.... you said.... they can breath but not perfectly?"

"Well, if they're gargling up blood, interior wound ..it might try to seal it.. and then the air cuts out"

"And. That would be bad."

"Yeah, so.. don't use it if they're coughing up blood... and you're good!" She says

a bit testy

Then a frown "You want me to .. I don't know, not releease it yet for use?"

"No, I didn't say that. Um. Is coughing up blood the only time it would, um, do something like that?"

"Far as I know, yah" SHe says "Testing's been smooth"

"How did you test it?" With reluctant dread.