After a routine raid, the rookie sky pirate Coud finds a most unusual cargo in his mates' cargo hold: Reverie Metherlance (or Ren as she prefers to be called), an Edel Reid, a race prized by humans for granting special combat power to their partners through Reacting. He quickly discovers, however, that Ren is even more prized than he expected. The pirate ship is visited by…