[As they walk, she nods at his explanation.] Tradeliner ships are well-armed, but there are others - little merchant clippers built for speed, passenger liners, and that sort, which have few if any weapons. They usually have a Tradeline escort if they're going to be flying a particularly dangerous route. My captain said that-
[But what Arilanna's captain said will have to remain unknown, because in that moment she caught sight of what to her looks like nothing more than a giant robot. A giant, very well protected robot. Her eyes widen in delight at the sheer novelty of it, and she looks it - him, she corrects herself - up and down carefully, appraisingly.]
He's magnificent. [There, that's the simple verdict.] We certainly don't have anything that compares, not in space or on the colonies. Let me see, you fire - from the shoulders, there? [Ari has a good enough eye, even for an unfamiliar machine.] And there, lower down? But you said a mobile suit - does that mean that the pilot sits inside, and isn't flying remotely - I take it that they do fly, if they're spacefaring. What sort of engines do they use? [It's a lot of questions, but she's genuinely interested.]
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[But what Arilanna's captain said will have to remain unknown, because in that moment she caught sight of what to her looks like nothing more than a giant robot. A giant, very well protected robot. Her eyes widen in delight at the sheer novelty of it, and she looks it - him, she corrects herself - up and down carefully, appraisingly.]
He's magnificent. [There, that's the simple verdict.] We certainly don't have anything that compares, not in space or on the colonies. Let me see, you fire - from the shoulders, there? [Ari has a good enough eye, even for an unfamiliar machine.] And there, lower down? But you said a mobile suit - does that mean that the pilot sits inside, and isn't flying remotely - I take it that they do fly, if they're spacefaring. What sort of engines do they use? [It's a lot of questions, but she's genuinely interested.]