In the early days after you were arrested and imprisoned, a girl took the initiative to handle your security, preventing anyone from sabotaging you during the danger assessment period.
You had never intended to drag her into this struggle for power. After the "Locust Blood" incident erupted, "Entropy Ash" also terminated its partnership with you and Firefly. Yet even though she was no longer your research subject or collaborator, she still ran around on your behalf when you were regarded as a monster.
With the Locust Swarm invasion imminent, the Federation would not make things too difficult for a Molten Knight pilot who still had the potential to serve. Thus, they allowed Firefly to visit you every day.
The cold iron bars seemed unable to separate the childhood sweethearts of old.
She still prepared meal boxes for you every day. If nothing unexpected happened, she had probably developed another new dish using bitter melon. They did not actually taste very good, but as Firefly's exclusive taste tester, you still finished every last bite.
Because aside from you, no one else seemed willing to taste them.
That was not to say the others did not care about her. In fact, they cared about the girl as well. It was just that at times like this, they would worriedly ask, "Firefly, why are you secretly doing these meaningless things again? Go back quickly. Don't waste your energy and strength on this sort of thing. Your health is important. You should leave the medical pod less often."
But you would grin and say, "Another new dish? Hurry up and let me try it." Then, shamelessly, you would rush to be the first to taste the food she had painstakingly created.
What she received was no longer indifference and reprimands. Gradually, she began to