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1 tev015401_JNK0010 Inquire[ST:wait ]
2 tev015401_SEL0011 Ask Isobe about Lin.[ST:wait ]
3 tev015401_JNK0020 Discuss[ST:wait ]
4 tev015401_SEL0021 Ask Isobe if anything is troubling him.[ST:wait ]
5 tev015401_JNK0010 Inquire[ST:wait ]
6 tev015401_SEL0031 Ask Isobe about the device Lin is working on.[ST:wait ]
7 tev015401_JNK0020 Discuss[ST:wait ]
8 tev015401_SEL0041 Ask Isobe about recent developments.[ST:wait ]
9 tev015401_SEL1011 Ask Isobe about the Skell flight module.[ST:wait ]
10 tev015401_SEL1021 Ask Isobe about recent developments.[ST:wait ]
11 tev015401_0001 I know Lin looks demure, but she's stubborn as an ox.[ST:n ]Once she decides on a course of action, she won't let[ST:n ]anything get in her way.[ST:wait ]
12 tev015401_0002 Right now, she's apparently working on some[ST:n ]contraption that's supposed to let Skells fly.[ST:wait ]
13 tev015401_0003 The more levelheaded mechanics keep telling her to[ST:n ]give it up, but it doesn't look like she intends to take[ST:n ]their advice.[ST:wait ]
14 tev015401_0004 On the contrary, she's in talks with Commander[ST:n ]Vandham about increasing her development budget.[ST:wait ]
15 tev015401_0005 I'd put the odds of failure at around 99 percent for[ST:n ]your normal, run-of-the-mill mechanic.[ST:wait ]
16 tev015401_0006 But given how stubborn Lin is, we may well see massive[ST:n ]Skells doing loop-the-loops over New LA one day.[ST:wait ]
17 tev015401_0010 We need to develop equipment that is capable of[ST:n ]resisting the strange energy attacks used by Miran[ST:n ]indigens.[ST:wait ]
18 tev015401_0011 But with the technologies that are currently available[ST:n ]to Sakuraba Industries, that won't be an easy task.[ST:wait ]
19 tev015401_0012 No matter how thick we layer the armor, that energy[ST:n ]can blast right through it and harm the wearer.[ST:n ]It's like the laws of physics don't even apply![ST:wait ]
20 tev015401_0013 We're grateful that you choose Sakuraba products,[ST:n ]so it shames me to have to say this, but please be[ST:n ]careful around indigens that use those energy attacks.[ST:wait ]
21 tev015401_0014 You'd be shocked at how ineffective your current armor[ST:n ]is against them.[ST:wait ]
22 tev015401_SEL0031 tev015401_SEL0031
23 tev015401_0019 She's developing a device that will somehow give the[ST:n ]power of flight to Skells that were designed for[ST:n ]terrestrial combat.[ST:wait ]
24 tev015401_0020 Her actual development work has made some good[ST:n ]progress, but the field tests are apparently not going[ST:n ]well.[ST:wait ]
25 tev015401_0021 Earlier, the test Skell lost control and nearly crashed[ST:n ]into the city! That, er, caused quite the fuss...[ST:wait ]
26 tev015401_0022 It's not looking like the device is going to be easy to[ST:n ]complete.[ST:wait ]
27 tev015401_0023 But Lin's passion for the project remains unabated,[ST:n ]and that has me convinced that she'll see it through[ST:n ]somehow.[ST:wait ]
28 tev015401_0028 Ma-non technology is absolutely unbelievable.[ST:wait ]
29 tev015401_0029 You know the armor that we've been working on—[ST:n ]with no success, I might add—to resist the strange[ST:n ]energy attacks used by some Miran indigens?[ST:wait ]
30 tev015401_0030 Well, the Ma-non banged it out like it was nothing![ST:n ]I really want to ask Candid & Credible's head[ST:n ]technologist, Jajanni, how it works.[ST:wait ]
31 tev015401_0031 But as friendly as the Ma-non are, I bet even they[ST:n ]wouldn't share trade secrets with a competitor.[ST:wait ]
32 tev015401_1001 I was first shown the schematics for a prototype of[ST:n ]the Skell flight module years ago.[ST:wait ]
33 tev015401_1002 And do you know who it was that approached me[ST:n ]about it? Lin's parents![ST:wait ]
34 tev015401_1003 They began development on it way back then,[ST:n ]fully aware that it would take a great deal of time[ST:n ]to complete.[ST:wait ]
35 tev015401_1004 Who'd have believed that their daughter would be the[ST:n ]one to improve on their design and ultimately complete[ST:n ]the project after their deaths?[ST:wait ]
36 tev015401_1005 How happy they must be, wherever they are now,[ST:n ]to see their daughter bring their vision to life.[ST:wait ]
37 tev015401_1010 Thanks to our joint development of the Skell flight[ST:n ]module with Jajanni's team, Sakuraba Industries and[ST:n ]Candid & Credible are closer than ever.[ST:wait ]
38 tev015401_1011 We're now having much deeper discussions with them[ST:n ]than we'd ever thought possible.[ST:wait ]
39 tev015401_1012 Jajanni has even been participating in technology-[ST:n ]exchange conferences, where he's been discussing[ST:n ]all sorts of things with us.[ST:wait ]
40 tev015401_1013 It's just one new discovery after another for us now.[ST:n ]Hard to believe I'm still learning new things at my age.[ST:wait ]
41 tev015401_1014 We have to start making even better weapons,[ST:n ]so as not to waste the goodwill with the Ma-non[ST:n ]that Lin has created for us.[ST:wait ]