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Asher was looking around the ship, oohing and awing at all the technology inside. Most of which things he had never seen before. Some things he recognized and ran a hand over its sleek exterior, grinning ear to ear in excitement. A thought in the back of his mind nagged at him that his dad would probably murder him if he ever found out he and the others were actually inside this brand new thing, but he shook it off each time. When else would he be able to look in this thing? Never, that's when. He was going to spend all the time he could in here. It's not like there are any guards wandering around anyway. Well, there were, but they're mostly on break and none are actually in the room. So no worries there. "Hm?" he hummed at the question from Angel, barely registering it until a minute later when he turned away from the main computer. "Oh, I'm not sure when it takes off. I'm guessing it'll be on some sort of specifically set time, probably remote controlled--automatic, not manual. Something of this structure shouldn't be trusted for a manual drive..." he trailed off, catching himself and scratching the back of his head.

"But, y'know," Asher shrugged, "we should be alright. I doubt it'll take off any time soon." He gave her a shaky, but hopefully reassuring, smile. Now that he really thought about it, he couldn't be completely sure when the airship would take off. It was daylight out, but his dad never mentioned a set take-off time for the test flight... He jumped when he heard the door they'd come through shut suddenly, clicking securely in place. The airship suddenly started hissing and shaking and he looked nervously at the others. "U-um, I'm sure that it's nothing..."