Chapter 130: Making a Path

• "What were you thinking?" Gillian yelled pacing vigorously in front of the three young girls sitting in a row on the ground outside of the powered off Mech. "You all could have done some real damage to the machine or worse, hurt yourselves or others! Why on God's green earth did I think it was ok to leave three juvenile girls alone in a Mech cockpit!?"
• The rest of the ERM troop had surrounded them and were listening in carefully. The suddenness of the Mechs movements alarmed them and made them curious too. Several of them had tried piloting the Mech before and knew that even taking a steady step was not easy, but a mere 14-year-old girl had done it by chance.
• "We are so sorry, Mr. Gillian! It was mostly an accident." Clair pleaded. "We got carried away, but nothing bad really happened."