Jaylina

Chapter 28, all dialogue in Japanese. The assembly hall was dark, save for a few electric lamp-lit sections. Makube sat alone in one of these pools of light, voices of the few other scientists floating faintly from their work places. He stared aimlessly at the blueprints under the orangey glow, fiddling with an unused pair of needle-nose pliers. He was too absorbed to hear the door open in the background, or the sound of small footsteps approaching him. His head jerked up in alarm as they stopped right next to him. It was Atomu, wearing jeans and a loose wind jacket. His hands were buried in the pockets. "Good evening, Makube! How goes the