Mech Pilot who will succeed and will be invited back to the function.
Are you SURE I have to go? Who thought banquets were a good idea, anyway?
Don't worry, you're going to be great. Plus, you'll be glad you attended once we secure funding for the next year.
How are you so calm? I thought engineers weren't usually people-people. No offense.
Oh, I'm not. But masking it comes easy. I used to do cosplay at conventions when I lived planetside.
I never knew that! Wow.
You can project one thing with your body while feeling something completely different in your mind.
Maybe YOU can, but--
It's just like when you pilot a mech. Do you think your nerves would show in that metal frame?
I mean, I guess not...
Well, just pretend you're only up here in your head, and you're in a mech-shaped body that you have to pilot through this banquet.
Whoa.
You can do this.
Yeah. Yeah, you're right! I can do this. I'm gonna pilot this thing so well, we'll get funding AND they'll invite me back next year.
Alright, one step at a time. Let's go