"So what's your name, Son?" Johansson asked.
The boy took his time to answer, taking a look at the man's office, observing the tiniest details. A few paintings, a large, old knitted family tree quilt on the wall, an old, busted Compac Drive on the desk, and a photograph of a young woman, no older than him. "My name is Yew," he said.
"Yew, why such a name?" Johansson said.
"I don't remember much, but I was once told that I am the embodiment of sadness."
"Son, you don't have to keep such a burden on you."
"No, it's not a burden; it and my KLF are all I've had for the past year". Yew replied," Um, I don't want to be rude, but, you share your surname with the town, why?"
"Ah well, my great grandfather had founded this town, a long time ago. Do you see the family tree on the wall; it's older than my grandfather. He had found it in a box belonging to his grandmother, it extends from the time humans came to this planet."
"That's quite old," replied Yew, not really paying attention anymore, he was staring at the photo of the girl. The stout mayor saw this and smiled with understanding. "She's beautiful isn't she?" he asked.
Yew blushed and snapped out of it and replied," No … it's just that she seems familiar."
The mayor said," Really? My granddaughter has never left this town; it is a bit strange that she seems familiar to you. And I think if you had been a resident here before, you would have been very noticeable. But if you want to meet her, I will take you to her. In fact she is probably working on your KLF; she is a very good mechanic."
At the Johansson's garage, the girl was working on Yew's KLF. The girl noticed Yew, and walked up to hem and criticized him on the KLF. "How could you treat your machine like this!" she shouted ridiculously at him. Yew shuddered and jumped back, surprised. "This girl, she has a certain presence, and a powerful one at that," Yew thinks, and then walks toward his KLF.
"Is she hurt?" he asked the girl with genuine concern. "Is there anything wrong?"
She replies, "Hell yeah there is a problem, it doesn't have Compac, its parts are outdated, the ref board is damaged beyond repair, and for a military KLF, the cockpit looks like it was ripped apart!"
"It doesn't need a Compac, she is a bit old, and she didn't want such a lonely space." Yew replied." She didn't want to be alone, which is why I tried to make the cockpit hold more than one."
"Huh, that's strange," she said," I've never heard of such a thing, of a KLF wanting more than one pilot. In fact, I've never heard of an LFO wanting anything."
Yew thought of this for a moment. "It couldn't be that they couldn't hear her voice, she was always there for him, but now, it seems she was only there for him, and no one else, can't they hear her voice?" he thought. I think I'll leave now, so I don't bother you," he said to the girl. He was starting to walk toward the exit of the garage when the girl stopped him. "I'm sorry, it's just I get a little carried away sometimes, especially when it's about the care of machines," she said.
Yew thought of this as well, reconsidering his previous thought. "Maybe she has her own way of communicating with her, instead of hearing her, maybe she "felt" her, and understood," He thought.
"So how is she now?" he asked the girl, "Has she been fixed?"
"Your KLF has been fixed; we also installed a new cockpit and a Compac Drive, "she said.
"…Thank you."
The mayor had left back to the office. Yew had checked his KLF, to make sure she was okay. Outside the garage, the girl said," We haven't introduced ourselves, have we?" Yew nodded no.
"Well, I'll go first then, my name is Angela Johansson, granddaughter of the mayor."
"Oh, that's a nice name, I guess," Yew said, "My name is Yew."
Just then, a man coming from the inner town came running to Angela." Angela!" he yelled.
"Joseph, what happened, is something wrong?" she asked him.
It's the New Federation Army!" he exclaimed.
At that moment, Angela's face filled with worry. Yew knew that the federation army was after him, and that they won't care of the residents. Yet he didn't know why he cared, maybe the humans were rubbing off on him, maybe, just maybe.
"The New Federation Army won't stop until they find me," Yew said," Thank you for want you done, but I will have to go."
"Go where?" Angela asked.
"I will go stop them from hurting you"