[Backdated a few days - RL w/Feldt - Finding Haro]

[lockon2urheart]

Lockon drifted along the corridors of the Ptolemaios, heading towards the bridge. With the upcoming trip back to the island base, he was going to need Haro back from Feldt, as little as he liked to seperate them. He found it sweet how close she was with the little robot, and he knew if he could trust anyone to take care of Haro it would be her. Still, he might be needed to undertake a mission back on Earth, and for that he'd need his partner with him.

He had it on good authority that Feldt was on the bridge right now, and it wasn't too big a stretch of the imagination to assume Haro would be with her. He reached the door and steadied himself on the wall while it slid open.

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[mybffharo.livejournal.com]

Indeed, Feldt was on the bridge. Chris had gone off to dinner with Feldt agreeing to take the double shift. She was typing away at the keyboard with Haro floating near her shoulder. The door opening grabbed Haro's attention and flapped happily around Feldt's head and settling on her lap.

Lockon, Lockon, the little robot chirped happily.

Feldt tore her eyes from the windows and pages displayed and stopped to look over. The faintest of smiles twitched on her lips for a second before smoothing out.

"Hello," she said, turning in her seat.

[lockon2urheart]

He caught the hint of a smile, and returned it. "Hey." Indicating the screen with a nod of his head, he said, "Working on something important?"

[mybffharo.livejournal.com]

"The usual," she replied, glancing back at the screen.

Everything seemed to be running smoothly, and the lack of irregular noises from Chris' station told the same story it had when she had checked it over a couple minutes before. The radar pointed out the surrounding asteroids, but nothing out of the ordinary.

[lockon2urheart]

He pushed off gently from the wall, floating over to her chair and touching down on the floor. He kept one hand loosely on the chair itself, as an anchor.

While he'd admit to being less than perfect when it came to understanding the more complex functions Veda was used for, he could at least interpret the basics of the radar - and he could tell from Feldt's demeanour that nothing was wrong with what was on screen.

"It's still all quiet out there, huh?"

[mybffharo.livejournal.com]

"Yes," she said.

Running a hand over the little robot in her lap, she took a deep breath and looked him in the eyes.

"You're here for Haro, aren't you?"

[lockon2urheart]

Lockon gave a small sigh. "Sumeragi told you we were heading back to Earth, huh?"

[mybffharo.livejournal.com]

She nodded silently and pointed to a mission memo from Sumeragi still up on the screen, stating an estimated departure date and time for Lockon and Setsuna.

[lockon2urheart]

He followed her finger. There it was, that'd teach him to just skimread the screen. "Ah, I see."

He looked back at her. "You're right, anyway. I'm going to have to take him with me."

[mybffharo.livejournal.com]

Nodding, she plucked Haro off her lap and held him out without a word.

[lockon2urheart]

He lifted Haro from her hands and slotted him under his arm. "Don't worry. I'll look after him," he said with a smile.

"See you soon, Feldt! See you soon, Feldt!" Haro chirped.

[mybffharo.livejournal.com]

"I know you will," she replied quietly, another tiny smile crossing her face.

She paused for a second and lifted up a hand to wave.

"Bye Haro."

[lockon2urheart]

He smiled back at her. "And you'll take care of yourself while we're lounging around down there, right?"

[mybffharo.livejournal.com]

"As best as I can."

She looked down at the keyboard again before she spoke again.

"You'll do the same, right? You and Haro?"