[She smiles in a pleased kind of way as if she'd been rather proud of herself for that before trotting over to the machine with a playful flip of her tail. The main boiler roared and gurgled, emitting a specific atonal trill through a variety of specially designed whistles as the air around it was full of the scent of herbs.

Pulling out a few prepared vials, Mika opened up a side hatch and locked them into place while removing some others and tucking them away. Stepping back with a sigh as she looked the metal beast over, she used her walking stick to chalk a mark near the top that was usually well out of reach without a ladder.]

I'm going to have to refill the water tanks soon and drain the dregs out. [She pointed a claw to the mark she'd placed and looked up at Rex.] That's supposed to help magnify the protection wards engraved on the metal until the job is done.

[From the look she gave it, Mika was clearly hoping it would work the way it should.]