Unraveled Disguise

Okay… I hadn't expected this.

As I looked at Ana's face in shock, she fidgeted uncomfortably, blushing and looking hesitantly at the ground.

Could she sense my surprise? My disappointment?

"B-but, you had a workshop, right?" There was no way a workshop would be given to an ordinary factory worker.

Unless…

"I made the workshop myself. It's a secret one too. No one has ever found me there… except you." Her tone became softer as she kept speaking. "I collected scraps and parts disposed of by the factory to develop my tools. Sometimes, I stole some of our raw materials…"

So that was how she had been able to achieve it. It seemed I had assumed too much.

"When we got the alarm that we were being attacked, I couldn't just leave everything I had worked for behind. I thought I could quickly retrieve them, but…"