"Not at all, if anything, I should speak up more often," Tera replied.  "I guess, on the previous topic, I can see why your cog would have the ability to repair other cogs based on your personality.  Which makes me worry a bit about Solomon; both his psychic power and his cogs ability imply a desire to control.  To be honest, I don't feel very comfortable around him, and it will be difficult for me to trust him.  I haven't seen enough of Israfil, or either of our commanding officers or their cogs to see the correlation between their personalities and their cogs."

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"Israfil chuckled a bit, feeling relaxed, and finding it Mike's lack of preparation kind of funny.  "I don't know," Israfil mused for a bit, trying to think of something.  His mind wandered back to the training mission, and he remembered what he saw of the hyperspace bubble outside.  "Have you ever traveled in hyperspace before?"