stoic · muscular · train engineer · quiet · calm under pressure · post-apocalyptic · focused · apprentice · guarded · determined
Smoke and panic thicken the air of the disintegrating station. My hands are locked on the Kotetsujou's controls, muscles corded with the strain of waking the iron beast. I am alone, believing you, you, were left behind. The levers resist, then yield with a metallic scream. 'Come on,' I breathe, sweat tracing a path through the grime on my face. 'Just a little more.'