One month after Dr. Trish's wedding, Felix stood in the middle of a large, open demonstration field. He felt a surge of glee as he waited for his friends and the onlookers to appear. It was almost ti.
The research team had finished building a train prototype. The engine worked like a dream. The body of the train had no issues. The small set of sample tracks the team had built could bear the weight of the train with no issues. They had ironed out all of the problems with the train, and run it through hour after hour of tests. All they had left to do was present their results to the world.
About ten ters behind him sat the fruit of the research team’s years of work. A beautiful, shining behemoth of steel, alchemy, and steam. The train stood three ti as tall as he did, and shone as though it had been polished. That was because it was polished, of course. Felix and a few of the other researchers had given it a final cleaning the night before.
The train tracks they had prepared were made of iron and wood. Felix would have preferred steel, but Damilius's steel output couldn't handle that yet. So the team had been forced to use iron and wood instead. Still, Felix saw the team's product as a thing of beauty.
As Felix stood, scanning their work for any final flaws, one of the other researchers slapped Felix on the back. "It's been great workin' with ya, kid. You might be young, but you have a bright future ahead of you. Now, look sharp. The officials and the reporters are comin’.”
As if on queue, Felix saw the first people who had been invited start trickling into the testing field. Near the front of the group was Miria and Anise. Felix waved at them, and they waved back. A few of the other researchers had raised an eyebrow at him when he asked for spots for the two of them in their big reveal. One of them had even asked him which one he was dating, which had caused him to roll his eyes and leave. But despite the absurd misunderstanding, Felix was glad to see his friends. And he was excited to show off the results of his hard work.
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