"Morning." the lantha replied.

"It will essentially be a 'business lunch' meeting." he told her.

"Mostly because you'll be recommended through Star, which is through me." he continued.

"Pin and I... well... we may not see eye-to-eye, but we have a... mutual tolerance and borderline 'understanding' between us." he explained.

"Regardless, how long are you in this city for?" he asked.

"And are you in this hotel for the duration?"

"Right." the lantha replied.

"Then meet me behind this hotel at 11:00 sharp." he told her.

"I'll take you to SD, and then the Pin." he said.

"In the meantime, I will take these." he went on, making his way to the desk and gathering what was on it.

"Sleep well." he said.

"And hope the meeting tomorrow goes smoothly."

The night passed without incident, and she awoke the next morning with no problems. She woke with more than enough time to eat breakfast, clean herself and get dressed, with still plenty of time to spare, in terms of meeting with her newly discovered cousin.

Making sure she was prepared and ready, she headed out of the hotel and made her way behind it, checking her watch and seeing she had a few minutes before the meeting time.

Sure enough, a couple of minutes later, the lantha showed up.

"Hello again." he greeted her.

"Are you ready?" he asked.

"Mm, fair enough." the lantha replied.

He then extended his hand.

"Grab on." he said.

"I'm teleporting us there." he told her.

"I know a place where we can safely land, and it'll be close to where we need to go." he went on.

"And the main part, we won't be able to be followed." he then said further.

When she grabbed his hand, a water bubble formed around them, and she could see the water surrounding her almost turn into a swirling whirlpool for close to 5 seconds...

...before it disappeared, and she found herself in what seemed to be an abandoned room in desperate need of repairs and TLC.

"Condemned residential place." the lantha told her.

"Not even homeless and vagrants come here because it looks ready to collapse, but it's still structurally solid." he assured her.

"Come on." he then said.

"We got a little bit of walking to do." he told her as he started to exit the room.

"Mm." the lantha muttered.

"Indeed." he said.

The two of them then exited the building, and the male looked around.

"Right." he said.

"We're walking left." he told her.

"If you see a woman with tanned skin, long blonde hair, wearing noticeable red, let me know." he then told her further.

"That'll be Star." he said.

"Oh, and she'll be wearing star-shaped earrings." he then added.

The lantha just rolled his eyes.

"Guess the Pin didn't buy her a piece of jewellery she wanted." he muttered.

He then knocked on the door, assertively and loudly.

When he did, the doors were opened, presumably by a pair of guards, and the two of them stepped inside, the doors closing behind them. Ahead they saw a large desk, with a large chair behind it, with a well-built man with caucasian skin and a black ponytail sitting in said chair.

"Doc." he greeted the lantha.

"Pin." the lantha replied.

"This had better be good." Pin then commented. "Star is already in a bad mood, so things are NOT going well today." he said further.

"You're up." Aila's cousin told her.

Pin raised an eyebrow when he heard that.

"Oh?" he asked.

He then took out a sheet of paper and placed it on his desk.

"Make that." he told her.

"I have someone to test it, yes, but make it first." he said.

"Let's see what you can do."

Pin was silent, before snapping his fingers. When he did so, someone was ushed in. Someone that... really didn't look to be in good shape, and that was massively understating it.

"Eat one." Pin ordered.

The figure nodded and did so... and immediately looked like he was on cloud nine. He sunk to the floor, seeming to be in pure euphoria, and dead to his surroundings.

"...remarkable." Pin commented.

"Absolutely remarkable." he repeated, grabbing one of the mints.

"So... Star tells me you're a draydin?" he then asked.

"It's for the better, actually." Pin replied.

"I'd like to take you in." he told her.

"You seem to make a quality product. Better than any I've ever seen." he said.

"So I'd like you to work for me. Be my own personal producer." he told her further.

"How about it?" he asked.