The Wolf and The Dragon (Book 2)

36 - Say 'Cheese-ssssss'

[Akita]

-"Hello Cole, do you need a hand?" I asked Cole, as I see he struggling with some pieces of the Mech Nya asked him to dismantle, so she could use the spare parts elsewhere, she has been building a few snowmobiled for the Lake people.

-"Hey Akita, I wouldn't mind a little help, thank you." He said passing to me some pieces he had already disassembled from the Mech. -"have you seen Krag anywhere, he was supposed to help me."

-"no, I did not see him."

-"he is probably playing games, where is Lloyd, by the way?"

-"he is with Nya and Jay, they are feeding Zane... Whatever that means ..."

Cole started laughing... I guess, somehow, I have said something funny.

-"Well, it is not what sounds like... Zane is a computer, I mean part computer, and what they are doing is to make sure Zane store safely all the information of the Mech, and the Land Bounty and any additional information we have been collecting here. Back home, Pixal would make sense of all data, and restore the vehicles into new shells... super cool hum?"

I am not sure he realised but, I didn't understand what he said either. In fact, Lloyd used the same words to me 5 minutes ago when I was watching them.

-"are you looking forward to going back home?" I asked him, moving away from the entire 'feeding Zane' thing.

-"yes... I am... I mean I will miss this place, kind of got very attached to Krag, but, I can't wait to be home..."

-"you just can't wait to be with Kim again, hum?" Kai just entered the conversation.

-"yes Kai, I do miss Kim, but not for the same reasons you miss Skylor." Cole tells Kai.

-"oh Man... she must be so mad at me for disappearing like that, she will probably leave me without noodles for months..."

Cole burst into laughter, I didn't quite understand why.

-"noodles? Really..." Cole said between his laughter.

-"Well, I don't want to be inappropriate in front of Lloyd's gir... I mean, friend..."

-"Kai, is Skylor your mate?" I asked Kai, as Cole was still laughing.

-"what does the word 'mate' means to you, Akita?"

-"well a male and a female together, like Nya and Jay, they sleep together, don't they?..."

-"Oh... I see... " Cole said with a weird grin on his face before Kai could say anything "Yes... Kai and Skylor are mates... very much... every time they see each other... that is all they do... " he cracked on laughter again. I still don't understand why he is laughing so much.

-"shut up Cole, don't you see you are actually confusing her." Kai actually plays the good guy... "Akita, I believe the word Mate is more like married, well or engaged on Nya and Jay's case. I am not engaged or married to Skylor, yet... maybe one day... but for now, we are just getting to know each other, going out on dates, spending time together, she is my Girlfriend, that is how I would refer to her."

-"Oh... I understand now... you two are compatible!"

-"OKIE... Akita, I am not sure if you know, but I am not Nindroid, only Zane and Pixal are...."

-"I thought they are compatible because they like each other very much and they have so much in common, and one day they might become mates."

-"I see... looking from your perspective I guess yes, Skylor and I are compatible... but this word we normally used for technology, like, games are compatible with mobile phones, or the remote control is compatible with the TV..."