Raleigh rolls his shoulders, remembering very acutely the way Otachi's talons crunched into Gipsy Danger's spine and torso as she grabbed them and took to the air. The electrical relays in his circuit suit had sent the feeling directly into his body.
"No.. but the monster could."
It occurs to him then that he's said the wrong thing entirely.
That isn't what happened, Rals, and you know it, Yancy says from across the room, not looking away from the mobile.
Stop trying to sound like a bad-ass, Otachi did all the work.
Embarrassment crawls into Raleigh's cheeks and he glances down at his hands, focusing on the porcelain of his mug against his thumb. The heat of the tea. It's grounding. He takes a breath and lets it out slowly.
"Sorry- I- My memory scrambles sometimes. We froze it's tail with coolant.. She grabbed us and took us up. We were running out of oxygen, our plasma cannons were shot.. Probably would have died, but Mako had a trick up her sleeve and she pulled the secret weapon she'd built into our Jaeger. A sword. And she cut that ugly bitch clean in two. I remember now."
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"No.. but the monster could."
It occurs to him then that he's said the wrong thing entirely.
That isn't what happened, Rals, and you know it, Yancy says from across the room, not looking away from the mobile.
Stop trying to sound like a bad-ass, Otachi did all the work.
Embarrassment crawls into Raleigh's cheeks and he glances down at his hands, focusing on the porcelain of his mug against his thumb. The heat of the tea. It's grounding. He takes a breath and lets it out slowly.
"Sorry- I- My memory scrambles sometimes. We froze it's tail with coolant.. She grabbed us and took us up. We were running out of oxygen, our plasma cannons were shot.. Probably would have died, but Mako had a trick up her sleeve and she pulled the secret weapon she'd built into our Jaeger. A sword. And she cut that ugly bitch clean in two. I remember now."