And as he put the last little 'zap' onto his latest project, he knew that it would be proof of exactly what he was thinking of.
He picked gingerly picked it up, not because it would break, but because he was very interested in what he had made. The orb didn't look like much, but such appearances could be deceiving. Trying it at a test item, he saw the glow of it working, and then found that it had done what he had wanted it to do.
His techno-magical containment orb actually worked, which pleased him. Now, not only would Hotaru and her friends have dragons to help them fight enemies, but they would have this to assist them. If they wanted to keep from hurting a possessed person, take down an enemy without destroying it, or simply contain something that they might have had serious trouble with, they would be able to do exactly that.
It was a great work, and he knew that it would seriously help out with what they had to do. Instead of having only one way to deal with a menace, they would have other options available to them. Being a help in that way was pleasing, but he was more concerned with making it so that Hotaru had less to worry about, and possibly be harmed by.
Of course, he could use it as well, but he wasn't quite certain why he would have to do so. Still, he had to admit as he wiped the back of his work glove covered hand across his forehead, it was a possibility that he might have to look into. One could never be certain about what could happen, and he didn't want to have one of the Senshi's enemies trying to target him to get at them.
"Oh, how cuuuute!" Usagi Tsukino might have been a reincarnated princess, a current heroine charged with the protection of the Earth, and the future monarch of Crystal Tokyo, but she was still a teenaged schoolgirl.
Minako nodded several times as she ran her fingers down the spine of the dragon laying on Hotaru's shoulders. "It looks like a little darling!"
"What does it eat?" Makoto asked, rubbing the dragon hatchling under the chin.
"'She'," Hotaru automatically corrected with a blush.
"Oh?"
"Amethyst is a girl."
"Ahh... Sorry about that."
"It's okay," the younger girl replied, feeling a little self conscious. But she was also very happy, as her friends had seemed to be instantly taken with her new pet as soon as she'd walked up to them. "But why do you want to know about what she eats?"
"I make things for everyone else. Why shouldn't I make one for her?"
"Ohhhh...."
"Did you go to class with her?" Ami asked, scanning a curious Amethyst with the Mercury computer.
"No, not really. She was always nearby, but I didn't want to risk her being bothered by someone who wouldn't like her."
"Or people who thought that she was really wonderful."
"Huh?"
"Think of what people would do if they found out that such a being existed."
For a moment Hotaru's mind drew a blank, but then the image of Amethyst strapped to a table as some crazy scientist bent towards her with a scalpel popped up and made her shiver.
Rei's brows came together as she frowned. "Where did you get her anyway?"
"From my sempai."
Usagi frowned at the shrine priestess. "You can't be thinking that this is a bad thing, can you?"
"Of course not," Rei answered with a snort. "But Hotaru's pet is pretty amazing, and isn't something that you see every day. So, I was just curious about where it had come from."
"I see...."
"I'm not sure that we'll be able to just go and get ones for ourselves though."
Makoto seemed to deflate a bit at that. "That's true. It's too bad. I was thinking about how nice it would be to have a little guy like this."
"But you can," Hotaru informed them. "And you will!"
"Oh?"
"It's why I'm bringing you over to see my sempai. He's got dragons for you guys too!"
"Really?"
"Uh-huh!"
"This is so great!" Minako chirped.
Ami looked thoughtful. "It could prove to be rather intriguing...."
The violet eyed girl nodded and smiled at her friends' shared enthusiasm, as she had hoped that they would be pleased. She'd been afraid that they might take it badly, but now she didn't have to worry. And she could enjoy the chance to visit her sempai with them, while:
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