Kenichi eyed Minimus for a second. It did seem like Minimus had no reason to lie. Besides, even if he did have any authority to arrest him, doing so now of all times would be incredibly bad timing.

"Alright. I knew having an airship, even the smallest class, could possibly help us fix events in the cycles. So of course, I tried to get in touch with O'aka. I had tried in several cycles to both understand him and to try to obtain an airship. At that point, I had become frustrated by the lack of results. Let me be clear: stealing an airship was the last resort I would use if there were no other options available. So, I carefully crafted a plan to commandeer an airship, making sure any injuries were minimal and even readjusted a few things to help improve the airship's performance. I used the airship to intercept the Pupu flying saucer that was over capacity before it could take flight and redirected them to Curti Center," he finally stopped to take a sip.

"With that rescue accomplished, I asked one them to pilot the ship back to Curti Center but to say it was abandoned when they found it. Once I did manage to crack how to get O'aka's good graces, I never pursued theft again. So now I have my own airship for us to use." He looked over at Minimus to gauge his reaction.