We’ve got giant robots. Me and Herm, we’ve made tons of adjustments to those robots, too. He’s great with code and maximizing the use of the Jaeger system, and I’m pretty good at adapting the weapons cache to combat the Kaiju. But, y’know, the Jaeger pilots usually get all the credit; fair enough, since they’re pretty much risking their asses going out there in person...
[Still, a little respect, huh? Feels like him and Hermann had always fought to earn it.
... Okay, okay, he had to fight to earn it a little more, mostly because he was always considered the reckless, overbearing one with risky or outlandish concepts and theories. Whatever, it worked out in the end, didn’t it?]
... The Kaiju, they’re... Uh. They were amazing creatures. I was always in awe of them, especially with how they were made. They were so different from anything else living on our planet... It was — honestly a really good motivator, learning everything I could about them. They’re fascinating; everything about them, it’s —
[...
He shrinks in his chair, looking sheepish for once.]
I guess that sounds ridiculous. Being enthusiastic about giant invasive monsters that always tried to kill us — well, I didn’t have a ton of friends at the Shatterdome for it. I accepted that, for my best work to be done.
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We’ve got giant robots. Me and Herm, we’ve made tons of adjustments to those robots, too. He’s great with code and maximizing the use of the Jaeger system, and I’m pretty good at adapting the weapons cache to combat the Kaiju. But, y’know, the Jaeger pilots usually get all the credit; fair enough, since they’re pretty much risking their asses going out there in person...
[Still, a little respect, huh? Feels like him and Hermann had always fought to earn it.
... Okay, okay, he had to fight to earn it a little more, mostly because he was always considered the reckless, overbearing one with risky or outlandish concepts and theories. Whatever, it worked out in the end, didn’t it?]
... The Kaiju, they’re... Uh. They were amazing creatures. I was always in awe of them, especially with how they were made. They were so different from anything else living on our planet... It was — honestly a really good motivator, learning everything I could about them. They’re fascinating; everything about them, it’s —
[...
He shrinks in his chair, looking sheepish for once.]
I guess that sounds ridiculous. Being enthusiastic about giant invasive monsters that always tried to kill us — well, I didn’t have a ton of friends at the Shatterdome for it. I accepted that, for my best work to be done.