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[dolorous_sensei]

In Alhambra base, you can see a man in military uniform standing in front of some sort of coffee machine.

"They installed an automatic coffee dispenser..."

He turns toward you and cries out dramatically.

"I'm in despair! The way human easily substituted the art of coffee making for automated, mechanized coffee-making device has left me in despair!"

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[smileys]

Uh...

[Even May is stumped here at first.]

Surely, it can't be that bad...right?

[dolorous_sensei]

What's next? Are they going to replace us pilots with automatic devices too?

[smileys]

I don't like to think about it either, but...that's probably going to take a while, if it'll happen in the first place.

There's a lot more involved in piloting than making coffee, don't you think?

[dolorous_sensei]

It's a slippery slope, though.

[smileys]

I'd better start saving more, then. Piloting does generate my income in the end.

But for now, I wouldn't worry about being replaced so easily.

[How it got to this from a coffee machine still kind of surprises her. Either way...]

I'm May Greenfield. You are...?

[dolorous_sensei]

*Walt gives a military salute.*

Lieutenant Junior Grade Walt Schmertz. Leader of Unity Group's 8th Genoace Team. Please call me Walt, or Lieutenant Schmertz, but not my full name, please.

[smileys]

Walt then. You're probably one of the more passionate pilots I've met here so far.

Is the 8th Genoace Team here to test equipment as well?

[dolorous_sensei]

We're not that lucky. Or that unlucky, depends on your point of view. We're just here for boring old ordinary posting.

[smileys]

The way I see it, no one here is really 'ordinary'.

At the very least, you'll get a bigger variety of people around.

[dolorous_sensei]

That's true. I've never been posted in a place with as much variety of people as this place. I wonder how long before it all implode.

[smileys]

It's the first time I've seen such a gathering of different people myself.

Do you mean from clashing personalities or just general insubordination?

[dolorous_sensei]

How can you be so cheerful even realizing that!

[smileys]

Fixing those issues is one of the more exciting parts of a place like this.

You really can't join a group and not expect to have any problems.