<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=9013.msg329631#msg329631">Quote from: hairyheretic on 20-03-2007, 02:35:14</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">"A worthy motto" said Tetsuo nodding. "The modification does not interfere with my visibility, but I suspect it may give one seeing it a moments pause. Sometimes, that moment is all you need." He began to climb the handholds set into the mechs leg, turning back to address Armina again.<br/><br/>"It belonged to my fathers grandfather. It suffered extensive damage in the battle that claimed his life, but was returned to our family by the remainder of his unit. We have worked to restore it, and upgrade it. My family is not without resources. After I made my decision to leave the combine, the mech was gifted to me."<br/><br/>He opened the cockpit and climbed in, leaving Armina to follow along behind. Likely she had ridden enough times as a passenger to know what to do while he strapped himeslf in and began the powering up sequence.<br/></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br/>Armina was close behind Tetsuo, clamboring into the cockpit just after him and taking up a position behind his command chair and secured herself with the passenger restraints. She squirmed a bit to try and make herself comfortable while Tetsuo powered up the Mech. She remained silent while he went through his pre-activation checklist and routine. Didn't really matter where a mechwarrior was from, once they had been doing this for a while, they all had some similar habits she noted.<br/><br/>"Tetsuo, what if we have a contract that puts us into conflict with the Combine? I've been thinking about what it would be like if I end up fighting against forces from the League... it'd be hard I think. It seems like it would be even worse for you."