A stupid idea that kept hounding me. Oh, all devotee's of the lord, previous acharyas and Gurudev. Please give me the ability to turn this junk of a story into something Krishna Conscious.

Also... I supposed you could call this an M-Preg story. The thing is, the male part is pretty nebulous.


Zero ran up the Corridor, leading to the fabled Yggdrasil, where his partner's body was kept.

He didn't believe in any higher power. Still, at this moment, the legendary reploids was desperately praying for a miracle, for Elipzo to have somehow slipped and died on his way up, for his to have regained his mind... for the baby-elves to be sweet and innocent and totally not willing to have X dead to regain their so-called Mother.

'To whoever exists who's watching down on my sorry excuse for a life... I'm willing to do anything if it means X will survive this.'

The terrible memory of a woman dying in his arms... too late to save her...

X's frame, weathered by time and the dark elf's assault on her jail, shattered to pieces by a mere data clerk.

No... X didn't deserve this inglorious death.

Zero opened another door; barely any defence mechanism had been activated. He took this opportunity to jam his sabre in his buster shot and charge it beyond Capacity. Knowing that it had a better overclock buffer then his first buster. The red legend practically flew down the last corridor to where, he hoped, he would only find X...

When he burst into the cavernous room, he met with a sight that froze him to the core.

Elpizo and the two demoniac elves were already there, looming over X's medical pod, like starving vultures over a fresh carcass.

The maverick caught sight of Zero... and it was all it took for the legendary maverick hunter to spring into action. He lunged at the bleached traitor, ready to rip him apart limb by limb when... Elpizo turned to leer at the legendary reploids, his features twisted either out of his own madness or by the effect of the baby elves.

He had a hand on were X must be... and the pink reploid was radiating energy only Zero had the right to have.

X was his... and this pink bitch had not right being so close to him.

"Hee hee hee!" Elipzo giggled, his eyes and smile demented. "I've been waiting for you, Zero. Nothing is worse than having a show that no one comes to watch." Zero grounded his teeth hard enough to have warnings about it.

"Once I destroy the original X, I will be invincible!" He un-holstered his paralyzer, and just as Zero was about to lunge at the sorry excuse of a reploid, he heard...

A heard a voice in his heart...

S?ho??ot ??him

And Zero did, going against his nature as a swordmaster, he took his overclocked buster...

Just as Elipzo was about to aim a paralyzer, Zero shot him, the blast from his buster powerful enough to blow his chest wide open, killing him instantly.

The Baby elves screeched and quickly ran away back to cyberspace, and Zero could only hope X would be able to catch them.

'This... will come back and bite me in the ass; I just know it.' The powerful blond internally grumbled as he watched the two disappear. 'Alouette and Ciel won't be happy.' And what to say about X?

But... for all he knew, to overly powerful 'babies' had been manipulating everyone to do their bidding.

Now, only Zero and X's body were left... and whatever was left of Elipzo. The legendary reploid looked around the room...

Everything was quiet now; the vault now felt more like a crypt.

Zero hated crypt as much as he hated Zombies.

With nothing else to do... yet still, on edge, He re-holstered his buster shot and slowly walked toward the intact glass coffin that held his best friend.

No, Zero's memory had not come back in full, but one thing was for certain.

X was a friend, someone he cared for. He could feel it... Zero just knew it.

Every time he saw the Cyber-elf's glow in a monitor and flitting out of cyberspace. Zero... coolant pump would overclock, and great joy would fill his heart.

It was like... As if X was the sun. When he was gone, everything would be dark and gloomy, and life would leave the legendary reploid. Zero would just do the needful, complete his mission and come back in more or less one piece. But if he could hear X's natural frequency on Ciel's com.

Oh, he would run... he would complete whatever mission was at hand, being as reckless as he could so he could remain as long as possible with the beautiful cyber-elf.

Sure, X would be mad at him... but to see emotions other then a vapid smile was worth the hour-long lectures from Rosignole, Ciel, Doight and Cerveau.

And now... there was his body, preserved and maintained by the hulking monstrosity of a computer.

The one problem with Cyber-Elf X was his lack of physical presence.

Sure, he would be in front of Zero... but his form kept flickering like a bad monitor, and he could not remain in the real world for long, not even in orb form.

Meaning Zero could not act on his pressing desire to embrace the boyish elf to his heart content. He could not wrap his arms around his slim waist; he could not press his cheek to his cheek... he could not feel his warm venting on his neck.

X was there... his best friend. But in a way, he was not. The legendary blue bomber, his counterpart, was really just a flickering image of a beautiful man who was as good as dead... inside and out.

That's how Zero saw it anyway, but he was not the best at reading people.

Zero took a deep vent in; he knew it was useless, for he was not working with an oxygen-based system.

But it did help in calming down his battle routine.

He took a step toward and cautiously walked toward the glass coffin. The closer he got, the clearer X's body became.

He was missing his arms and legs, but otherwise...

Despite the orange glass cover, X was stunning. His face peaceful for once.

'Just like snow white.'

Zero gazed at the display, his core temperature rising at the sight and his cheeks turning red.

This was usual; he always felt like that when catching a glimpse of his friend. There was just this... feeling in his core.

He never spoke for this to anyone, definitely not Andrew, not Ciel... and X?

It felt awkward asking the electronic ghost about what he was feeling for him, especially when he had better things to hear from his friend...

But... if there's one thing Zero was aware of, it is that... what he felt for X maybe be more then simply friendship. Or... it was a different type of friendship, something deeper and sweeter.

But maybe, that was just his amnesia that was messing with him, and Zero really hated X's guts.

'No... no, this doesn't feel like hate. I know hate...' Zero thought as he gazed at the sad display. His core in pain and yet... soaring with hope.

Maybe... Just maybe, Ciel could fix him, and X would have his body again.

'And then what?'

Or course... being alone meant that he could not talk about it... not that he wanted to talk about it.

Zero let out a frustrated growl. He was not one to think deeply about anything. He was a warbot, and a warbot goes and completes missions, killing whatever obstacles that happened to be in his way! Easy, brainless... Perfect!

And now, his self-appointed mission was to get X's frame back to the resistance base without any of the recovering guardien knowing it since they would probably do everything to keep X with them and X...

Would he want to stay with them? Would he want to return to his throne?

Zero may not remember much, but his heroic guts told him no.

And to get X out of his coffin meant that the lid had to come off.

'alright... how am I supposed to open this thing.' the legendary reploid wondered as he ran his hands on the side of the box...

He could feel no claps, no locking mechanism and definitely no gap. This seal was air-tight.

Zero grunted and took out both his Z-sabre and buster shot. Inspecting and weighing the two to see which one held the most mass for size. And unsurprisingly, it was the buster shot.

With the bulky gun, Zero proceeded to his the four corners of that glass panel, carefully breaking them not to cause more damage to X then necessary. Then he hit the glass borders until he was certain he could pull the broken glass out.

He did receive some cuts for his trouble, but the unobstructed sight of his best friend had been more then worth it.

His blue armour was still vibrant despite the century he had slept in his glass coffin. His face... there had been some damage once, but it seemed his nanite had fixed his burned-out lips.

His lips...

Zero bit his... This was something else that was bothering him. Anyone's lips, even this one reploid he had once saved and who had rewarded him with a kiss, never had him feel this way.

X's lips made his mouth... water. And his whole body tingle.

Alright, so it was not really water, but a mix of lubricant and nanites. All reploids had aural lubricant, for there was nothing worst then having a dry, cracking tongue and cheek and what to say about the shafting.

But... it would never overflow like this. Not even when refuelling with some perfectly spiced energen.

Ant his... This was X, his best friend... and those lips belonged to him...

...

He cleared up more glass until the frame was free from any shards, once this was done, the legendary Zero scanned the room for any presence... and he did it a few more visual sweep to make sure no one was there. Not even an elf.

He turned his attention back to X... and he could not help but remember a story he had told Alouette once, Snow White.

'Maybe... I should...' He had nothing to lose, and it wasn't like Zero was in a very crowded place at the moment.

And beside... there was no guarantee that Zero would have any other opportunity to... do that.

Just to make sure he truly was alone, the legendary reploid looked around the room once more. He felt even more on edge then if Elpizo had his sword to X's chest.

No one... he was completely alone. Not even the Baby elves were left.

Zero took a steadying breath and stepped up on the edge of the life-support capsule, the broken glass the only sound that filled the vault. He gently lifted X's limp head, noting how... beautiful he was, despite his 'as good as dead' status.

His skin was decently maintained if somewhat discoloured around his lips. His body was warm despite being hooked up to the world's biggest cooling system known to man. And it felt right to have it pressed against his frame.

Zero swallowed thickly; his whole body was burning with... something. It was not unpleasant, per se... but he still wanted release from this... icy-cold itching.

He once again checked his surrounding, feeling as if a thousand eyes and cameras were on him. And again, his scans came back clean; no one was here save for him, X and Elpizo's crackling remains.

He closed his eyes and vented out... he'd never tough it was possible for him to feel jittery for this.

'No... can't overthink this.' He resolved as he closed the distance between him and the unconscious form of X, pressing his lips to his lightly parted one.

His lips were warm and soft, but Zero could also feel the brittle skin breaking under the applied pressure.

Zero moved back a bit, not crushing those precious constructs that had haunted his dreams for so long. He felt his temperature rise, his whole body tingling with... unbridled pleasure.

This... did he ever experience this? Did he ever... Kissed X like this?

Probably not, and he felt too... shy to ask his friend.

Suddenly... he felt X move a bit. Deepening the kiss... parting his lips further with a hushed sigh.

Reflectively, Zero opened his, his tongue drawn in the warm, unexplored cavern with a playful snake dancing inside, his mind hazy with... with a type of passion he wasn't sure he ever had.

He didn't even realize that X's empty frame was not supposed to move; its owner ejected from it a century ago. Instead, Zero pressed himself a bit firmer into the ancient body, trying to get as much contact as possible. He felt as if a pair of magnets had to be activated between him and X.

'Oh... Oh, X...' Zero could have moaned out loud if not for the prompt appearing in front of his interface.

DATA TRANSFER INITIATED. PLEASE DO NOT DISCONNECT.

'Wait... what?' Zero thought as he finally managed to clear away the delightful fog that slowed down everything. But as he tried to move away, he was met with a nasty surprise.

He was stuck there as if he and X were magnetized to different poles.

'Oh no...' He tried to move away, to struggle, but his entire frame felt languid and hot.

FRAME MODEL – COMPATIBLE.

FREE SPACE - SUFFICIENT.

ENERGY LEVEL- SUFFICIENT.

COMMENCING TRANSFER.

Zero felt something enter his mouth... Data so condense, it had a physical presence.

And it was... it was burning him from the inside out.

Zero's fans went into overdrive, desperately trying to evacuate as much dreaded heat as he could. The best would be for him to throw himself from X's body and find a dry ice extinguisher... or Leviathan.

But now, Zero's entire frame was in lockdown, and he would not be able to move until the foraminous amount of data would either overwhelm his system or burn him down alive.

'Death by kissing my comatose/dead friend on the mouth... Ah, talk about karma.' Zero always knew X would be the one who ended his life... but he never expected it to be ended like this.

The unknown Data migrated to his abdominal partition, settling there like a hundred incandescent ingots... and it didn't stop... even when Zero felt as if his caps and condenser were about to burst and melt.

After an eternity of sweet agony, the choking amount of Data finally turned into a trickle filling Zero with this type of euphoria after-torture would give him. And finally, the transfer stopped... and Zero could move again.

So, logically, he pushed himself away from the X-shaped trojan and collapsed amid the glass shards, his whole body burning and tingling.

And the blond legend would have loved the afterglow if not for the extreme intensity.

He laid there, at the mercy of whoever would have the fortune of walking on them, his body slacken by whatever had happened and vibrating with the overcharge.

'N... never... gonna do that again.' He vowed. This had been above and over then what his power grid could take if what he saw in his UI was right. He gingerly placed a shaking hand over his abdominal partition.

He could feel... something there. Something settling there and his systems recognizing it as something to be kept instead of reject.

'Alright... whatever X gave me... must be good... right?' Zero wondered as he felt the blazing data cool down to pleasantly warm. A type of... giddiness filling him.

Would he not be so exhausted after his second tower climb, the gruelling fights and the anxiety that afflicted him since the start of his mission, Zero would be shamelessly giggling. It felt so weird... in a good way.

The legendary reploid had been about to drift off to sleep mode. But a peculiar sound reached his audio receptors.

At first, he'd thought one of the guardien had finally walked in on the sorry scene. But Zero realized that the gasp was not from any of them.

No... it was too familiar and... it came from above him.

There was another gasp, this one louder and clearly born from pain.

Zero's awareness once again returned to full sharpness as his eyes flew open. Lifting himself from the dangerous ground with his elbows.

"E... X!?" He managed to choke out. He repeated the action once he cleared out his throat from... the excess amount of lubricant that had pooled there.

"Z... Zer..."

Zero's eyes grew wider... he jumped to his feet, ignoring the glass shards cutting his back. When he came back to X's level, he could see the body of his friend moving. His lips tight and trembling from agony...

He was alive.

"X!" He had been just about to grab him when something told him it would make things infinitely worst for the limbless blue bomber. "What's going on? You're alive... something's wrong! What's wrong!"

Yes, Zero was panicking a bit, since how was he supposed to react to this? What was he supposed to say?

He was use to seeing reploid in better shape then X dying... what was he supposed to do?

'I've made it worst.' As always.

"I... Feel my body again." X managed to push through clenched teeth. And Zero understood all he needed.

"Resurrection sickness... just like I had." Something bloomed in the half-amnesiac, pity and empathy at his best friend's situation. He reached to X's cheek... trying to find a way to ease his pain.

Unfortunately, the last of his nurse fairy had departed to cyber-space after Zero had miscalculated a jump.

Really, who the hell would cover walls in spikes? How would anyone (save Harpuia) come to X's aid?

And who's bright ideas was it to make Cyber-elf one used only? And why didn't Ciel made a mod to save them all?

And what to say about keeping the dark elf right in the middle of Neo-Arcadia!? Right on top of the damn, spikes filled tower!

Really, it seemed a staggering amount of human idiocy happened since the time before Zero... got sealed.

But now, the red legend had something more important to do and roast those idiots. He had to find a way to relieve X from his agony, lest the sheer amount of pain killed him again.

Thankfully, it seemed Zero's touch was all X's needed to feel a little bit better. Sighing as he leaned into the touch, sending the red androids heart (or his pulse generator) into joyful fibrillation.

Zero felt his lips stretch into a smile, something he thought he was incapable of. He ran the pad of his thumb on X's dried cheek, gently brushing as close to his lips as possible.

Despite the... event, those wonderful pieces of sculpted hardware still had an effect of Zero that went beyond what friends should feel for one another.

'ah, yeah... friend... At least he wasn't... there when I kissed him.' Not even Cardinal's passionate thank you kiss could make the red ripper feel so alive and complete.

Once again, Zero's pulse generator danced to a faster beat, and his mouth began to water.

"Z..." X tried speaking, but the pain had robbed him of his sweet voice. Only some muted sound, too low for Zero to decipher, came out of his voice box.

"Yeah, I'm here, Partner... sorry I took so long." A hundred years too long. "Hey, just give me a minute or two; I need to contact Ciel."

X grunted as he pressed his cheek deeper in Zero's hand, his lips trembling from pain... as what whatever bits of a body he had left.

'I'll make this quick.' He touched the right side of his helmet, hoping he would be able to reach Ciel... and find a way to bring the genius, Cerveau, Doight and Rocignole... and the whole gang, while he was at it.

"Ciel, do you copy?" He sent out, wearily looking about the room as he tried to find a service elevator...anything that his team could use to reach his agonizing partner. "It's Zero, Mission... more or less complete."

[Oh, Thank God, Zero!] The teen answered. [I know you'd make it... how are the elves?]

Zero felt his barely used eyebrows twitch. "Alive, but gone." He gritted, returning his gaze at the alive X. "I managed to save X from Elpizo." he gave a careless glance back at the pink remains. "You need to find another commander, Ciel. He won't be coming back to base anytime soon."

The silence on the other side of the connection.

[...Was there... any other way?]

"No, It was either him or X." He once again brushed the pad of his thumb on X's cheek comfortingly... for both his partner and himself.

It had been a very near miss... something Zero would have never been able to live down.

"Speaking of which, I need you in Neo-Arcadia. X is in terrible shape." He soldiered on, not even humouring the terrible possibility of what Elpizo could have done to him.

[Zero, you aware that I'm still considered a war criminal, right?]

Zero grunted. "X is missing his power core and all four limb. And he's agonizing as we speak." He explained. " I could split mine half and half, but... We would only have five minutes before both of us would run dry... and I don't think X could survive another reboot."

[Oh... that's... quite a conundrum... I could try to set something up for him in the teleporter room. I think... Say, Zero, do you think... do you happen to have X's blueprints?]

[He's the basis of all reploids, meaning anything that works for Rouge and Jaune would work for him.]

[Alright. I'll contact you when I'll be ready. Just make sure he's safe and...]

[And?]

[You too... be careful.] and the connection ended.

And thus Zero waited...

Until he felt X kiss his palm.

The legendary reploid inquisitively looked down at his partner... did he felt that right?

X dull green eye seemed to shine with a peculiar amusement and... awareness.

And his fond and amused smile held everything.

Zero felt an unnatural amount of heat rose to his cheeks and the ineluctable urge to melt in the floor... but he supposed turning his burning face away from his partner would have to do. His unused hand moving to his lower abdomen.


Back at Yggdrasil, Phantom stared owlishly at the scene from cyberspace.

Zero was impatiently waiting for Ciel to call him back, and in cyberspace, no communications were secret.

It made for an amazing recon run... and it also meant that Phantom was also privy to some... conversation between his fiery brother and Anubis the fourth.

He now knew why Fefnir had been willing to exchange all of his mutos for Phantom's one commander.

But this was not why the ghostly Shinobi was so... discombobulated. It what he had just seen and what had happened to his cyber-mentor, the real master X.

He had been floating right beside the deceased and repentant guardien, now wearing his name like a cape. Glowing in the dark despite the gloom that lived in his ever jaded heart.

Oh, Phantom knew those eyes, having worn the same.

X had been looking at his body with eyes dead, not even attempting to reintegrate it. He did not even speak to his Kohai about the futility and absolute madness to keep the dark-elf at the top of Neo-Arcadia.

And whatever else Phantom noticed, now out of the council's grasp.

Oh, being a Cyber-elf meant that he didn't have that much he could to in the... let's call it the real world, but he could still... mess with files and personal computers.

When Elpizo had broken into the room, maddened by the two... viruses (no, from the cyber point of views, those things had nothing to do with innocent babies, and Phantom suspected X to have sabotage Ciel's quest for new energy. since no elves could make energies.) The blue cyber-elf looked... relieved. As if a terrible nightmare, a torture was coming to an end.

And after a quick scan, Phantom understood why.

X was still connected to his body the same way a dreamer was connected to his.

And his body... was maintained in a power state despite the ludicrous amount of hardware that had been either removed or burned off by the corrupted being. Causing him an excruciating amount of pain reflected pain.

He could have spoken up, said something... even manipulate the photons to paralyze Elipzo and chase away those nasty creatures... but he couldn't.

A single, empty glance from his Senpai had told him all he needed to know.

X had enough...

And with a heavy heart, Phantom waited for the inevitable.

Cyberspace... and being a Elf was not as bright and rosy as one would be led to believe, it was plenty of looking at life and longing for a physical presence.

And yet... X had been willing to remain a ghost.

Finally, after what seemed longer then an eternity, Zero burst tough the door, his gun blazing dangerously.

Elipzo spoke some words Phantom hadn't cared to remember... and Zero...

Zero shot him dead, surprising even X.

Oh, the true master of Neo-arcadia could indeed feel more then mere apathy, it seemed. And for a moment, a look of complete and utter, gutting disappointment twisted his face.

And then... after some... less then sane chuckle, whatever life and light that somehow remained in the ancient one's heart extinguish, even his halo dimmed sadly.

But... this terrible state did not remain long, for Zero's next move begot a miracle.

He broke the vault's lid, practically climbed on top of X's body and...

Kissed him.

And this Kiss... this sweet first kiss.

X felt it.

It had been quite the sight to see the usually glum Master eyes growing wide with shock, then closing them in pure bliss as he touched his lips, breathing out the name of his partner as rapture took him.

And then...

he was gone.

At this moment, Phantom would readily admit that he had panicked, for it meant that X was truly dead.

But no... X, because of this sweet kiss, had returned to his old frame.

And then... something else happened that only X could explain. But since the glorious master of Neo-Arcadia, the real master of Neo-Arcadia was currently flirting with Zero using nothing but his smiles and eyes. Phantom knew close to nothing.

The deceased Shinobi sighed as he sat on the green ground, now truly having this solitude he had once craved so much. other elves tended to stay away from him, and he didn't want to face the plethora of deceased reploid waiting for an opportunity to make him pay.

And after the hell Phantom and the rest of the guardians made them all go through, those vengeful spirits had all the right in the world to be angry at them.

Still... Phantom was now alone in cyberspace. X was gone, and he doubted any other reploid would even dare address him.

Suddenly, he heard a sound coming from Elpizo's corps. A sound that Zero didn't seem to register.

'He's probably too absorbed in X's eyes to give a damn.' Phantom tough dryly. As cute as it was, it really made the spymaster wonder how the legendary reploid managed to attain this status in the first place.

He warily eyes the blown open reploid... only to see something emerge from it.

"Oh... Goodness gracious... my head." Elipzo moaned as he held his cranium. "What a dream. What a nightmare. I swear... it is the last time I..." He raised his head and noticed Phantom. "Oh... ah..."

Obliviously, TK31 knew whom he was looking it.

Hidden phantom didn't know if he should be grateful for the company or fuming for the fact that he would have to go through a few eternities with... Elpizo.

Phantom rolled his sky to the proverbial heavens as TK31 screamed at the sight of his corps.


Down below, in a temple worshipping A dark-Blue cowherd boy and His eternal consort, an old woman prayed. 'Oh, Sri-Sri Radha-Govidadev... please protect my Ciel and this temple from more torment. And... if you are so willing, please bring my niece back to Neo-Arcadia.'

On the richly decorated Altar. Govinda-ji's garland broke. And the old woman in white caught the Auspicious sight.

With tears in her eyes, the old woman pressed her folded palms with her hands, thanking the Lord of the Universe with all of her hearts.

"Mother Varoru?" A young woman asked as she walked closer to the older woman. This one wore a dusty blue sari that was on the cusp of falling apart. Her sudden intrusion surprised Varoru, causing the elder to hold her heart in place.

"Oh, Purnamasi." The woman exclaimed as she calmed her racing heart. "you aren't wearing your ankle bells today."

"No, I decided to give a break to my ankles and everyone's ears." The quiet woman said. "What did you pray to Krishna for?" She asked, her ice-blue eyes shining with curiosity.

"Same as usual, dear. Same as usual." The shaved head woman spoke with a smile. Varoru knew Krishna Didn't have to save Ciel. And yet He would.

Such a sweetheart.

"God is so kind, don't you think?" She asked as she offered her full obeisances to Radha-Govinda, Gaura-Nitai, Jagannath, Baladeva, Subhadra and the past acharyas.

"Yes... but our Prabhupada is even more so." Purnamasi reminded her older friend, a small smile lighting her face as she helped the widowed woman get up from the ground.

"Yes, Indeed... Now, what were you telling about Vraveswari? Something about her husband participating in this reploid smuggling ring?"

"That's just some rumours." The younger devotee hid her face with her veil. " But I heard it from-"

"I didn't say I wanted to hear the rumour; I just wanted to know if it was a fact or not," Varoru grumbled as she made her way to the temple room exit, bowing down once more the Lord, his eternal consort, Prabhupada and the temple room itself. "Now, fact is, Ciel will return to Neo-Arcadia-"

"Arrested and put on trial for disruption of peace, aiding maverick, abetting in the regicide of Master X, terrorism..." Purnamasi began to list all the crimes Varoru's niece had committed in the short span of six years. "And the list goes on... I have this one friend, you know, this lawyer?"

"You mean Etienne?"

"Yes, that's the one. He told me that nothing short of a miracle could save your dear niece. And that she would be safer outside with her robo-friend than back in Neo-Arcadia." Purnamasi informed her elder in both age and devotion.

Varoru didn't even pause her stride. "Oh, I have faith that whatever Bhagavan has planed out will be for the best." She said as she inserted her right hand into her Japa-bag. "And whether Ciel remains Ciel, or had to change her body earlier then expected, she will at least be guaranteed to have a human form of life."

"You gave her Prasadam?" Purnamasi asked.

"Managed to slip a bit of rice and Charanamrtia even before her mother managed to put her nipple in!" Varoru proudly stated, and Purnamasi gave her a high five. "They think they made my Ciel smart because of all this gene-editing shenanigans, but I know better!"

"No... we know better."

Both women shared a laughed and a conspiratorial glance back at the lord. Knowing that there was more to Ciel and the Universe than what the tiny scientists knew.