The airship was... well, amazing to Quinn. She had never seen anything like it before. Well, she'd seen the airloading dock and such... and seen ships, but never been inside of one. Being half al bhed, the smell and wonder of machina caused her to stare in awe at the machina around her. She felt right at home sitting in the center of the deck, just looking around. What intrigued her most was Shinra, the seemingly brilliant-beyond-belief boy... That was something believable. He steadily sat there, typing away about who knows what. It was like he never stopped... except occasionally he would reach up and scratch his head. It amused the young girl. He wasn't much older than her... how could he be so brilliant?

Also looking out the front through the windows was amazing. She almost plastered herself to the front glass when they took off. The older man they had picked up, Cid; he took her out on top of the ship. That was brilliant... just absolutely stunning and lovely. Quinn took a mental video of sorts... trying to make sure she'd remember it forever. The clouds falling down besides her; the rush of being pulled up into the air so fast. Cid laughed at the girls excitement... but she didn't care.

This was the luckiest moment of her life. She still didn't have any definate thoughts on whether or not she wanted to stay with them or not... but at the moment, things were definitely looking in their favor.

Cid's eyes were a little watery as he watched the girl. Her name was Quinn, they found out. He didn't know why brother didn't find that out sooner... stupid kid... She was 13, and she looked... so much like Rikku. He tried not thinking of his daughter, but looking at that girl almost set him over the edge.

"Hey Quinn!" he called to the girl in his rather boisterous voice. She looked over him a little glaringly, upset he had ruined the moment.

Cid just pointed a finger out in the direction they were going. "Look."

Large dark clouds were there, lightning could be seen lighting it up every once in a while. Quinn shivered... for some reason, she had a problem with lightning... Just an innate fear she was born with.

"We, uh... should probably head inside. Whaddya say?" he asked her. He felt a little sheepish talking to the strange girl.

Quinn just nodded and headed over to the door, it opening when her feet touched the sensors. Cid followed at a safe distance as they headed down inside to the deck.

"Cid! Ramb eh dra Ahkeha nuus!" Brother's voice came over the loud speaker. Cid! Help in the engine room!

"Yeah, yeah..." Cid said, grunting when he stood from his bed. He had been napping, and Quinn had been hiding from the storm.

"Want to come help Quinn? The loudness of the room might dim down the sound of the thunder. No windows; can't see the lightning either."

"Oac!" Yes!

Quinn jumped from the bed, excited about it. A chance to work with machina... and no storm.

The engine room was... huge. Quinn's eyes widened in excitement, and her fear about the storm disappeared completely. She forgot that it was even going on.

"What do I do?" she asked Cid.

He looked over his shoulder as he walked towards some very loud machina.

"Just watch what I do for now, kid!" he shouted back so she could hear him.

Quinn nodded. She walked over to where he was... Cid pulled out a wrench, and started working on the bolts. He tightened them.

"See, the thing is this thing is so loud because it moves a lot. Durin' storms, it has to work a lot harder. It shakes and vibrates more... so it needs to be tightened down, or else the bolts will shake loose. There are no big problems today... but if you want to help with this, then there is a spare wrench in the toolbox over there in the corner."

Quinn smiled brightly, becoming comfortable around Cid now, and walked over to the box to get a wrench. It took a few tries to get the right size, but when she had it she started working hard and quickly.

Cid had to admit, he was rather impressed.

He chuckled a little. "If you work at this, you could be quite the technical genius."

Quinn turned red, and tried to show her happiness at his compliment. He was sort of a... father figure to her. One that she'd never had before. She wanted to impress him, make him proud of her. So, she started working harder. Soon, the engine room was finished.

Cid wiped the sweat off of his brow. "hmm... I think that Brother should keep you on this ship..." Cid said, looking down at her.

Quinn looked up and nodded.

"Unless there is somewhere else you'd rather go..."

She shook her head quickly. "Are you crazy? Where else could I go? I want to get better at this!"

Cid chuckled... the laughed. He settled down. "Ha ha! That'ta girl! I'll help you learn, then you can really help out on this ship. Who knows... maybe you could get into the faction!"

Quinn's face was alight with happiness. "Really?!" she asked eagerly. Cid had to laugh again. Surprisingly, she hurried over, giving Cid a big hug. She was only about as tall as his stomach. Cid was surprised... but happy that the girl was comfortable around him.

She reminded him so much of Rikku... the he couldn't help but think of her as a daughter. He didn't want to replace his daughter; yet he still felt the need to protect Quinn.

"Well. I'll make sure you've always gotta place to stay.

"Cid! We landing soon!"Brother yelled over the speaker. "We are through the storm! Come and see!"

the speaker went off... Cid and Quinn looked at each other. They couldn't help but laugh at Brother's stuttered English, and al bhed accent.

"Common, girl! Let's go see the desert!"