<em>Suzu</em>had taken herself alongside<em>Ari</em>in the formation. She would be where she was needed most to protect<em>her</em>flagship. She sailed alongside the large battleship as she slowly watched the sigils on<em>Ari</em>'s hulls dim a little bit as the ship's mental model entering sleep mode. She sighed a bit as she jumped onto the deck of the ship letting her ship form sail on auto-pilot, and adjusting herself to maintain her distance to<em>Ari</em>. It didn't take her long to find where on the ship<em>Ari</em>'s mental model was "sleeping." She smiled seeing how<em>Ari</em>had minimalized her computing power. She knelt next to<em>Ari</em>'s sleeping form a soft smile on her face. She had been a bit worried when<em>Ari</em>had gone into that private conversation. "I will always protect you." she said to her as her hand gently caressed<em>Ari</em>'s cheek. "Sleep now my Flagship and I will guard you as you slumber. No harm shall come to you be it in thought, in word or in action so long as you are under my vigil." she said standing up and assuming a sitting postion at the base of Ari's bed, her spear propped against her shoulder.<br/><br/>____________________________________<br/><br/><em>Arashi</em>kepted the systems maintained on<em>Ari</em>'s ship form while she was in the private channel conversation with whoever it might have been. She chuckled a little bit seeing how nervous and anxious<em>Suzu</em>had gotton while<em>Ari</em>was somewhere the heavy-cruiser's mental model couldn't watch over her. In a certain way<em>Suzu</em>devotion to<em>Ari</em>was kinda cute and made for some interesting scenes watching the two of them together.<em>Arashi</em>was begining to believe that something deeper to<em>Suzu</em>'s devotion to<em>Ari</em>. That couldn't be right though could it? After all they had taken on Mental Models to learn and adapt and be morelike the humans. "Ahh this is getting too much I'm gonna follow<em>Ari</em>'s lead. Goodnight everyone!" she said retreating to her own cabin for some much needed maintaince. It had been a busy day. Her systems shut down and she entered maintaince mode as soon as her head hit the pillow.<br/><br/>____________________________________<br/><br/><em>Texas</em>sighed once more as she stood out on the front deck of her ship form as they slowly steamed eastward. She had noted the shennigans going on between<em>Abbey</em>and<em>Mizuki</em>and found it mildly amusing to say the least. She couldn't help but notice that poor<em>Suzu</em>was up in arms when<em>Ari</em>went into that private conversation. She kept herself looking out over the ocean as she steamed she opened up a comm channel to<em>Bayern</em>"What ya been up ta sugarcube? Ya been awefully quiet eva since we finished that buisness with dem other ships?" she asked her.