Alto escorted the two mech pilots from Mech Division #1176. They walked for a few seconds in awkward silence before Alto broke it. As much as it appeared that he was taking a short break from his work, it was, in fact, the opposite.
He cleared his throat as he spoke.
"Marie, Kendell. Pardon my asking, but since you two are sort of mech pilots in training, I trust you could be of help in my latest project."
Kendell was silent as usual, but from his body language, Alto could tell he was listening. Marie turned to face Alto as they walked down another hallway and asked,
"What project?"
Alto didn't think to hide the fact from them—for good reason.
"I'm actually a mech designer in training, and I need a mech pilot's insight on something."
Marie seemed a little confused.
