Bruuuuuuuuppp

Gen loosed a loud and raucous burp. It was almost ear shattering. He covered his mouth with the back of his hand and smirked. To be honest, he didn't expect to belch like that. Especially in front of a girl. It was slightly embarrassing, both his cheeks turning cherry.

"Excuse me. Compliments to the chef, I suppose."

He couldn't help himself but start chuckling. He patted his stomach and leaned back, resting on his palms, feet kicking outward into the open air. The scenery was beautiful and he allowed himself a long minute to really drink it the horizon. It was nice to sit with friends and enjoy a meal. Since arriving in the galaxy at large, he had been mostly alone. Gen had never been without others back on Indigo Prime. He had his comrades in the Stellar Defense Force, friends from his schooling days, and even his family surrounding him at all times. 

Sure, this was a bad situation. Not being able to contact home or get back there wasn't easy to cope with. He felt trapped, even though he was actually free for the first time. But, he wouldn't let himself despair. There was a lot to see and do in the galaxy. A lot of people to help and uplift. There were friends to me made, alliances to be forged. He would return home eventually, once he figured out the way or when someone came for him.

Then he would have best of both worlds. Because, Indigo Prime could finally join the rest of the galaxy as a member of the Empire.

"I think we make a good team, us three. Perhaps in the future we join up again. It sucks, but there will probably be more tragedies like this. Just how things go I guess. I know that I intend to do my best to protect and help the people of this galaxy. I mean, I have all this power and that's the only responsible way to use it."

His father had taught him that lesson. It was easy and perhaps intoxicating to think that the weak owed the strong something, or should grovel before them. A lot of misguided and selfish people thought that way. But, Gen saw it the other way around. The strong were supposed to look after and care for the weak. Only then would everyone be elevated and things would things get better.

From what he understood, the galaxy was filled with a lot of selfish people who had a devious amount of power. They hurt each other, they waged war. He would stop them if he could. and all alone if he had to. But, in the end he hoped to serve as a shining example and rally others to his cause. Teamwork made the dream work.

Glancing down at his wrist computer, both his eyes went wide as he looked at the chronometer. The Abbayor Open would be starting soon. He had signed up this morning for a match, had passed all the physical tests and power level scans with relative ease flying. Apparently they were excited about his level and paired him against some well known fighter named Legume (Legume ). Normally fighting wasn't something Gen took lightly, but in this case he needed the money so he could extend his hotel stay. A win would let him stay for another week, until he could land an actual job and start looking for an apartment.

"Oh! Look at the time. I have to run, got a martial arts exhibition match coming up. It's tonight, the Abbayor Open. You should tune in, it'll be live streaming on the Galactic Hypernet."

He placed a firm hand on Niha's shoulder, smiling as he looked her in the eyes. Then he reached and tried to shake Forger's gauntleted hand.

"Catch you guys later, okay?"

Without any warning, he then dropped off the roof and flew off across the metropolis.