She leapt into the air, pushing the Essence into her wings to carry her about the island.  A few of the motes pushed into her device, but they distorted, spraying away from her shoulders as the thing failed to activate.<br/><br/>What the?  Maybe it was going to need more and better maintenance that she was able to provide.  She'd done everything she could with the thing, tightening the connections and making sure the Essence was flowing right to the best of her ability, but it didn't really seem to be enough.<br/><br/>When another Solar appeared, maybe he or she could help her get it working right.<br/><br/>Instead she took into a run, heading for the restaurant at a dead pace and getting there the way that she came to the tree.  The amount of time probably wouldn't make any significant difference, but it didn't make her worry any less.<br/><br/>Walking into the Tropical Sunrise, she gave the waiter a smile and ordered up a frozen mango smoothie "with just a touch of alcohol to brighten the day."  Alcohol didn't seem to really affect her at all anymore, but it still brought back some nice memories, and left more people at ease that she wasn't some cold and heartless creature of death.<br/><br/>All that was left was to channel Essence into her ears to hear the truth of words (which she did) and go look for the man.