"Well, formerly, anyway," Shelby explained as she stepped back, her excitement slowly settling into manageable levels. "I've told you all about Kuroda, right?" Of course she had. While he hadn't gone to school with the two of them, there was no doubt she told her closest high school friend about her best friend from childhood on. "Well, not long after we graduated, we started up a PMC, and I worked as our engineer. It's not in business anymore, but we still work with some of our pilots, and right now Neo New Zealand is having us represent them. That's nothing compared to getting the Neo America slot, though! You must be even tougher than you showed us."