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Gril looked down with surprise when sand flew out from under his ship and hit his boot. Bending to look under the wing, he chuckled when he saw L’eon digging in the coarse sand. A moment later, his new companion held up the bolt he had dropped earlier and hadn’t been able to find. Gril reached his hand out and L’eon placed the bolt into his palm.
“Thank you, my friend. I have been looking for that. How are you doing this morning?” Gril asked.
L’eon grinned at him, and then climbed up onto the storage crate that he was using as a workbench. Gril watched as the little lizard picked up each tool on the container and examined it before he put it down. Then the creature moved to the circuit board he had been trying to repair.
Gril scooped the board up before L’eon could touch it, shaking
