Beep...
Beep...
Beep...
The lower level of the base within the volcano was very quiet. Tilan could clearly hear the faint ticking sounds of some electronic equipment.
There were no active mechanical bodies here, only equipment long unused, with dust accumulated in some places.
"Celestia." Tilan softly called out her companion's name.
The silver-haired girl turned around, and the wings at her lower back slightly tilted. Sometimes Tilan wondered what it would feel like to touch those feathers and wings, but their relationship wasn't quite that close, so she only thought about it.
"Have you ever been deep into a mechanical cluster's base?" Tilan continued to ask.
"No." Celestia shook her head. She had lived in the Sky Courtyard since childhood, occasionally visiting other courtyards for study and travel, but rarely descended to the ground, let alone had close contact with a mechanical cluster.
