"Are you from Japan, then? You wouldn't be the first person I knew from there," Stephen said with a chuckle. He offered the eagle a bow. "A pleasure to meet you as well, then, Seraphiel."

"Lit up, hm? Should I assume safely that there's a problem with that, which was why you were sitting down here in the dark to begin with?" He slid the goggles back down over his eyes, expression intent.

"There's probably something to be done about that," Stephen admitted. "Then again, it probably will take tools that I don't have on me."