"Yeah, sure, go ahead." Leo replied.

"We're not close, but we HAVE met. I don't mind if she has my info." he said.

"Also, Cain's as chill as he is, mostly because of his father." he then told her.

"Azazel's really chill overall, not just for a demon." he went on. "And odds are he's influenced Cain in SO many ways." he went on.

"I mean, his dreams are another matter, but... well... some things just shouldn't be known outside the Order." he added in a bit of an ominous tone.

"....." Leo was silent, before calling the number.

"Hey Lunet, it's Leo." he said when she answered.

"And yeah, she told you right." he went on.

"When can you meet to discuss it?" he asked her. "And where?"

"Oh, I can make it out there, no problem." he said.

"I can even meet you at your home." he told her.

"Just gimme a few minutes, and I'll be there." he assured her further.

"Who all's home?" he asked.

"Is it you and Cain, or is your father there as well?" he asked further.

"Just so I know what kinda reception to expect."

"It's not that I'm worried about." Leo replied.

"Anyway, I'll be there shortly." he told her.

Sure enough... he was. He knocked on the front door and Cain answered, letting him in.

"Lunet, your guest is here!" he called to her.

"And he brought speciality coffee drinks, too!" he added with a small smirk.

"Hey, no problem." Leo replied, sitting down and handing her a drink.

"Heard you loved this drink, so I got you one." he told her.

"Anyway, why I'm here." he then said.

"You're blind. And odds are you'd like to see." he continued, being blunt and frank.

"I've helped a friend in the past that's deaf. I made her headphones so she could hear again. Among... other things." he then muttered.

"Regardless, would you care to work with me? See if we can't make something to help you see?" he asked her.

"I'm not sure, either." Leo admitted.

"But... nothing ventured, nothing gained. No guts, no glory. And all that stuff." he said.

"For real, if we buckle down, I'll bet we can come up with a workable design." he then went on.

"Technology's improved a lot in the past while, and I wouldn't be the head of Techretti if I shied away from a challenge." he added with a small laugh.

"Anyway, you in?" he asked.

"This won't and can't go forward without your consent."

Leo had his hands in his hair, and looked stressed.

"Argh...!" he exclaimed.

"I normally wouldn't be this frustrated, but we're SO damn close!" he said.

"Seriously! We are SO close to getting it to interface with you! But the coding just refuses to get into line, and I CAN'T figure out why one of the components just won't get along with the others!" he went on.

"We're so close to the finish line, but it's like we just stopped in front of it!" he said further, as Hal stopped outside her room, overhearing what was said.

'...they're trying so hard...' he thought to himself, silently sighing.

Hal just smirked when he heard that.

He then turned and started to walk away. As he did, he snapped his fingers... which was probably heard by Lunet, but part of him didn't care.

"Granted." he said softly, more to himself, before he continued onwards.

Meanwhile, in the room, Leo continued to puzzle over their issues, before he blinked suddenly.

"...wait..." he said. "Wait, wait, wait..." he repeated.

"Hold on, hold on. I think we're thinking about this in the wrong way." he told her. "Maybe we need to approach this from another direction." he said further.

"Right." Leo said as he approached her.

"Hear me out here." he went on.

"What if..." he said, mentioning a few variables in her coding, and suggesting that it could be done another way, but it was pretty vague.

"I mean, I don't really code, but it should be possible, yeah?" he asked.

"And if it does, I think I know how to make the hardware play nicely with it, and interface with you."

They spent the next few months working on their new direction, and finally... FINALLY... they had a breakthrough. Lunet's code was solid, and it seemed like it would work.

And as soon as that happened, Leo got to work on the hardware, and a few short weeks later, the design was finalised.

"....this is it." he said to her.

"This design... your coding... it should work." he told her.

"I don't see why it wouldn't, now." he added.