It was rare to see a Machina so... Lifelike. In all his years of work it was a first for Norman, so naturally he wanted to examine Cecil more closely. The fact that the machine appeared sentient as well, never mind just having a name, and he was extremely keen on delving in. Nothing overly invasive of course, he wouldn't dare overstep boundaries here, not with Ethan and Amuné in tow. With Ethan's blessing to go ahead and work he wasted no time in getting Cecil settled, laying him out on the workbench so many other projects had shared before. First matter of business was obvious, examine his power supply and likely replace it. If he had to guess he'd say Cecil was fitted with the factory made battery, and those were only good for so long until they needed to be replaced; factory made batteries were made to burn out fast in order to force people to buy more, it was one of the many seedy reasons he'd opted to get out of the business.

With everything he needed in place, really just a screwdriver and his hands, Norman was prepared to begin. First thing was to open Cecil's chest and access the power supply, which would allow him to put the Machina in a sleep-like state and enable him to be worked on without risk of shortages or anything. Before he could even get his hands on Cecil however, Amuné had a rather silly if not well intentioned bit of advice for him. Though that rule hardly applied to machines, Norman didn't have it in him to correct the young child. Instead he laughed before smiling apologetically, holding up his hands and giving a nod. "Of course, I almost forgot! Thank you Amuné." Going to the lone sink in the entire shop he methodically washed his hands and forearms clean, a fair amount of dirt and various liquids swirling down the drain in a goopy mess. When he was finally finished he showed off his clean state, returning to the bed to get to work. 

"Now then, let's see if we can't help our friend here..." Undoing the buttons and clasps on Cecil's top, the engineer opened it up and was surprised to find a very lifelike body beneath, having expected exposed machinery and whirring cogs. Whoever had created Cecil went to great lengths to make him look like a real boy, what a curious project he was. "Now, you're going to feel like your body is going to go limp, and your sensors are going to all but shut off. Don't worry, that's normal. It'll be nice and quick and I promise you won't feel a thing." Normally he'd not waste his breath on such a thing, but with Cecil apparently being fully aware he couldn't in good conscience treat the Machina like any other machine. In many ways this was like operating on an honest-to-goodness living, breathing being, and that was a little daunting. 

Tracing his fingers along Cecil's torso to find the release, Norman pressed down gently on Cecil's right side, the sound of clicking preceding a door swinging open on the Machina's chest, revealing both his power supply and a bulk of his circuitry and inner workings. By simply turning a pair of switches he managed to power down Cecil, notable by the lack of light in his eyes and the obvious lack of motion. Smiling with relief that there was no damage inside, judging by his companions there was potential for that, the engineer could get right to work. To start, Norman undid several screws and loosened a handful of wires, enabling him to reach in and remove Cecil's power supply. Just as he'd expected, a standard issue battery from some unnamed factory, no wonder it was burning out. Setting that off to the side he went across the room and to a large, standing metal cabinet, pulling from it a brand new, higher end battery. "This should keep your friend running for a good long while, even if he outputs energy for whatever reason," Norman said, smiling as he brought it back over.

Before Norman had begun to place the battery back however something unusual caught his eye. A faint sparking within Cecil's chest made him take pause, and at first he thought it might be a severed wire or something. Upon closer inspection however, and by shifting some bits aside, he was astonished to find not a severed wire, but a magic gem. It was held in place by a metal and glass sheath, apparently connected to the system that ran Cecil's entire body. It was the equivalent of a Machina's brain and spinal cord, but why was the crystal there? What purpose did it serve? Furrowing his brow in confusion, Norman looked over at Ethan and Amuné for answers. "Where did you get him again...? This isn't normal..." he mumbled, pointing down to the crystal as Ethan came over, "Did you know he had this in him?"

Ethan had begun to worry when Norman seemed confused, thinking there was something genuinely wrong with their friend. Peeking over Norman's shoulder to take a look, his eyebrows raised in surprise spotting the magic crystal. "No... I had no idea. Then again I don't really know much of anything about Machina. That isn't normal?" he asked, frowning at the shake of the head Norman gave. Weird, so if that wasn't normal then why have it? Then again it didn't seem like Cecil was your typical, run-of-the-mill Machina to begin with, so maybe this was just something new with this line of them. Folding his arms he stepped back, tilting his head curiously as he watched Norman start to replace the battery. "What do you suppose it's for? I mean if it's not normal, and it's not his power supply... Then what is it...?" Maybe it was magic after all, maybe that had been what Cecil used to knock that water mage down earlier. Ethan had just assumed it to be some electricity he'd put out, but what if it was magic? Strange though, he'd never heard of electric magic before. 

"I have no bleeding idea honestly, it's stumping me too," Norman admitted, shrugging as he went about popping Cecil's casing back in place, "Could be a back up supply, could be something else entirely. I'll have to ask around and do some research to see, I want to know." It seemed like a high quality gem too, not the kind some regular bloke would have gotten their hands on, meaning someone with money paid for this. Just what was Cecil built for exactly? With everything back in place, Norman took a step back and waited, smiling in satisfaction when Cecil's eyes began to light up again, showing that he was taking to the new power supply. "See, nice and quick! Do you feel better, Cecil? Anything unusual?"