"Alright then," Maya continued, "As you can probably see, you access your cogs from the walkways over there." She pointed to the walkways that were about chest-height to the cogs.  One the right side of the hangar stood Claire's Asteria, Blythe's Nix, and Solomon's Legion.  On the left stood Israfil's Orpheus, Tera's Mayura, and Maya's Obsidian.  Sion's Fury, being non-humanoid, was parked, strapped to a holding structure on the floor that sat between the two walls of cogs.  "The catapult has two lanes and is capable of launching two cogs in tandem.  The launching process is more-or-less automated and is coordinated by the bridge personnel.  Now get to your cogs and I'll explain the rest."

As the group disbanded, each pilot heading to their respective cog, Solomon, who was heading in the same direction as Claire and Blythe, walked up to Blythe and said, "Hey, Rivers, I wanted to apologize for my...behavior yesterday.  Could you find it in your heart to forgive me?"  His words came out with a mocking sweetness, while his grin was far from apologetic.