Upon the door opening, and him hearing the heavy clunk of those boots, Mathias grinned softly. He could always depend on the petite halfbreed girl to keep this ship in moving trim. He was unsure on when exactly he had picked up the plucky little thing, but he was glad he did.<br/><br/>"At ease. Walk with me." he said, as he headed down the ship's main corridor, towards the main hatches. "Our performance, and damage report against those Air Pirates a few days ago, has made me think some more about what you said. Indeed, we need more power, more speed." he said, running a hand over the wall of the hallway as they went. He could still see the welded-over stress fractures on some of the bulkheads from a last-gasp ramming attack the pirates had sprung on them. "I do not like her being in pain any more than you do, so I will relent: we shall go pick up your new toy, right now. Our bounty earnings from those pirates just about cover it." he said, gauging for a moment how she would react to that. "However, we must be ready to sail ASAP, so from the moment you get that turbine on board, you have as long as the armor and structure repairs will take, to install and test it. Clear?" he said, affecting that hard, stern look the crew always saw on him, but she knew it was mostly an act..