Kate sighed when the brown-haired girl shrugged, in a gesture to show she had no idea either. She sighed.<br/><br/><span style="font-style: italic">'Is everyone here as clueless as I am?'</span>she thought.<br/><br/>"I'm Jodi Walker," the girl said, smiling lightly. Kate seemed a bit taken aback by this girl's ... niceness. The Espers she knew from S.O.A.R. were a cold, unwelcoming lot, with ever-present frowns plastered on their faces. They took everything way too seriously. Unknowingly, she'd assumed all the other trained Espers were the same, but apparently she was wrong. Kate couldn't help but smile back up at the girl.<br/><br/>"I'm Katerina Smite.. But you can call me Kate," she said politely. Just as the girl opened her mouth to say something, Kate saw her jump a bit in surprise, as did she, at the sudden booming of a man's voice, whose name was apparently Wilson Ackerman, calling out other random names. She was a bit puzzled at first, until he called her and Jodi's names as well. A roll call. Makes sense.<br/><br/>"Espers with intelligence gathering abilities or skills will split into teams of four, accompanied with a squad of soldiers. They will move here and here. Do not, I repeat, do not be spotted on ground level by the Armenian forces as they will attempt to capture you. The other Espers will play as a bait to lure the Mechs into the fire sack. Stay off this part; we have explosives planted along the beams to trap the Mechs under the rubble," Ackerman continued, after the roll call, pointing at a few locations on a map.<br/><br/>Katerina was very confused, still not understanding exactly what the plan was. What she<span style="font-style: italic">had</span>caught onto, however was 'Espers' and 'bait', and, at that, she gulped and a small part of her shuddered. They'd use them as bait? So much for being trained professionals ready to fight.<br/><br/>â€œSir..â€ Jodi mumbled, causing Kate to snap her attention back to her. â€œCould you please explain what a Mech actually is? Iâ€™ve heard about it once or twice butâ€¦â€ Jodi trailed off seeming a bit embarrassed at her lack of awareness of what this Ackerman guy was talking about. Kate bit her lip, feeling a bit annoyed that she should feel uncomfortable not knowing what a Mech is. Most of the time they weren't even necessary. Not to Kate at least, since she would just burn down anything that got in her way; simple as that. Still; if it wasn't useful to her, she didn't consider it important enough to worry over.<br/><br/>Kate felt like putting the poor girl out of her misery, and explain to her what Mechs do, but then she remembered that the question wasn't directed to her; it was directed to a 'superior'. She kept quiet, deciding it was best not to talk out of turn; this was only her first Esper meeting, and she didn't want to screw things up for herself.