Maho actually looked honest-to-goodness EMBARRASSED as she coughed awkwardly into her fist.<strong>"Well . . the rebuild of the unit has been quite expensive, so I didn't want to bother Perkins with such a troublesome extra cost so soon . . . I HAVE been trying to take it easier on the old girl, but between those powered armor units we fought, and then those damned buggies, I haven't had a chance to slow things down as much as I wanted."</strong><br/><br/>Really, she figured she had a couple more real battles in the Sling before it really became a big enough problem to worry about . . . assuming she didn't take a gauss slug to the leg. Still, she didn't like how quickly he'd locked onto exactly what the problem was.<strong>"Really, all of my paycheck goes to supplementing the repair funds for my mech, and my food. I don't bother to buy any extra creature comforts because I can't really AFFORD it."</strong>Probably the reason why she had the most boring wardrobe ever, short of the clothes she'd brought with her when she joined the unit.