The man smiled shyly and shook his head.

Lana's eyes widened. “In the entire ship?”

He nodded.

“Good job!” Nori tried clapping his shoulder. Nathan fidgeted at first but didn’t try to worm away from her touch. He looked extremely uncomfortable about the contact though.

“Err, sorry about that.” Nori awkwardly returned her hand.

“Let’s check the first room again,” Lana said as if nothing happened.

The three went back to the first room. This time, all the doors had a blue light on them. Nori reached for one and it opened to her touch. There were several metal parts with various bits on them. Nori passed it to her companions, but none of them received any information. They continued checking the storage compartments. Most of them were empty, and those that weren’t mainly held more unidentified parts, but then Lana made a discovery.

“Hey, check it out.” She drew out a silver bodysuit.

“Hmmm, looks like a space suit, but lighter than what our astronauts are using,” Nori said. “Here, I got something too.” She drew out a metal contraption with a lot of connected joints.

Exoskeleton, +2 Strength (Prerequisite: level 5)

“An exoskeleton? Sweet!” Lana exclaimed. “And look at the description. If I put it on I’ll be three times stronger than I am now.”

Nori smiled at the enthusiastic youth. Though they’d only known each other for several hours, Lana’s openness was starting to grow on her. “I think we’ve looked through everything here. Let’s check the next door.”

“You should put on the Exoskeleton first,” Lana said.

Nori raised a brow.

“It makes sense,” the dark-haired woman insisted. “You’re the only one of us who can use it anyway, and it’s stupid not to take advantage of an asset that could help us survive.”

“Alright, I see your point,” Nori said. The tall woman took the metal contraption and tried to put it on. It was easier than she’d thought. The device rotated on its own, opened up, and wrapped itself smoothly around her torso. Arm and leg bracers extended over her limbs and thin metallic fingers coated her own.

Lana took a step back and looked at her in awe. “Wow, you look like some sort of futuristic cyber-hunter. And a badass one at that.”

Nori couldn’t help grinning. She lifted an arm and the device moved along smoothly, supporting the action. She opened and closed her fist several times, watching in fascination as the contraption followed suit, not hindering her movement in the slightest. “This feels great,” she said and reached toward the dark-haired woman.

“Hey, what are you doing?” Lana fumbled backward.

“Testing.” The tall woman caught the shorter one’s belt, and with a single grunt, she lifted her in the air. A low mechanical hum sounded as the device engaged to support the extra weight. “Oh, I really like this thing,” Nori chuckled.