"Are you making the rounds, Joshua?"
"You noticed, haven't you, Lanie?"
"I am not as young as before. You are practically an uncle to me, you know?"
The Everchanger approached a mech that seemed remarkably out of place compared to the rest of the strike force.
Lanie Larkinson had piloted a variety of different living mech models over the years.
More recently, she chose to stick with the relatively niche and unconventional Lucid Rage as her mech of choice.
Her breakthrough to expert candidate and her accumulated merits granted her the opportunity to request customization services.
The aftermarket modifications and upgrades applied to the custom version of the Lucid Rage did not allow her to become an equal to a custom mech designed by the patriarch such as the Zeal, but Lanie's battle partner still managed to remain competitive, if only reluctantly.
