HOLA! I'm back and ready to keep postin'! But before I write this chapter, I'll respond to my latest reviewers:

Artic: Thank you so much for the review, and yes- I am very interested in finding out hos to learn more about the series.

Holobalobalo: I'm sorry for that typo! I didn't think that the term "mech" was really a degrading word for the Nirvash. It is kind of funny though… but it won't happen again, I promise you that!

But thanks for your reviews, and bearing with me through chapter 6 (Locus's flashback). On with the present story:

Chapter 7: A Field of Roses

"Machines with hearts, you say?" exhaled Locus as he and Eureka passed the dead watchmen on the pinnacle of Darnell Hill.

"Yes," explained Eureka. "You must understand that the LFO were discovered, not made. They were birthed from the taura that multiplied into vital organs, which combined with natural metals in the earth to construct a mechanical body (my explanation)."

"With manual operations to boot…" Locus thought aloud- "taura…that's the solid form of trapar, am I correct?"

"One fact of many known only to the military and I…" Eureka glanced compassionately into Locus's eyes- "and now to you as well."

Locus bashfully turned away, seeing waaaaaaaaayyyyyy too much of Ni in this girl. "You're pretty unique to have and understand this knowledge."

"I've heard that from many," Eureka responded, unaffected by Locus's compliment. Locus noticed that, whenever she said something that he expected her to follow up with a smile, she didn't. She never smiled. And she never laughed. He only saw in her sorrow, anger, and self-assuredness.

"How long have you known Nirvash and Renton?" he asked her, wondering what connection this ignorant boy had with a machine she cared so much for.

"The Nirvash…I've known for only forty-three days. Renton…about forty."

Aha! Locus cried to himself. This boy is united by fate to Nirvash! "Would you call the short amount of time in which you became acquainted with both a coincidence?" inquired the blue-haired boy.

"Not precisely," answered Eureka. "Renton happened to have the antidote that was necessary in awakening the Nirvash, so I guess, despite myself, there's a reason for his being one of the Nirvash's two pilots, me being the other."

"'Despite yourself'?" Locus thought aloud as they came off of the hill into a lush green field highlighted by scarlet roses abloom.

"Renton has no self-confidence. He's too indecisive at times. I worry about the Nirvash whenever he's in the cockpit. I do not know his true purpose. At one time he believed null in the Nirvash. Now the Nirvash believes full in him."

"Full, I'm guessing, is too much," considered Locus.

"That's right," agreed Eureka.

"But this Renton…he's a boy, yes? He has no true purpose. He hasn't discovered it quite yet. You're different from most teens, so you would not understand."

"But you!" Eureka piped up, traveling into the depths of Locus's vermilion lenses. "You know your purpose! You have confidence!"

"Heh! I'm not a normal teen either," the boy contemplated. For awhile they continued on without conversation, slowly drawing out of reach of the hill's thick shadow, before Locus decided to understand something. "Eureka…" he said, stopping. "Now, do not worry…I'm not going to do something harmful."

"Oh?" Eureka flinched a little at this, still fearful of his unexplainable power. Yet she confided in this boy with all her might. "What are you implying? What are you trying to say?"

"Hold still. I must do one thing that will allow me to know another," spoke Locus.

"Oh, okay," blinked Eureka before stiffening her posture to signify that she wasn't going anywhere.

"Relax!" chuckled Locus, resting his hands on Eureka's tightened shoulders, which quickly loosened beneath his warm touch. "Now…try not to enjoy this!"

"Enjoy?" pondered Eureka as Locus leaned into her face until his lips met hers.

And that's Numero Seven!

My apologies for my explanation of how LFOs were made. I had to formulate an answer to Locus's curiosity about LFOs, so PWEEZ DON'T FWAME ME! O;;O

And do not give up on this fic quite yet RentoReka fans! Eureka's kissing another guy, but hey! SHE DOESN'T KNOW WHAT A KISS IS!

Up next: Renton appears with the Nirvash, and in quite the fashion, too!