Mai was hiding amonst the pillars in Zone B but it seemed she was ignored yet again. But this also proved that they weren't all just a bunch or rookies just thrown into their respected frameworks.

They did have inefficient "quirks" but...she also knew why they were chosen for this. They all, in their own ways, have things that Mai lacked. Things that she was trained to think were useless in a battle.

Emotion. Drive. Synenergy.

Mai was simply taught to obey orders, never question anything, always train...always...always...

Once again, Mai shook her head before returning her attention to the battles raging around her. Still hidden, she decided that no one was going to accept her challenge despite her better judgement on making such an inefficient statement. But now she was wondering something else.

[i]...are...they...are they "rubbing off" on me?...Am...am I acutally STARTING to be influenced by these...people?...NO NO NO! INEFFICIENT![/i]

Unfortunately for Mai, this is where she started to act reckless. Breaking cover from Zone B, she then moved to Zone G. There she stopped, jumped and thrusted upwards to the top of the tower. She would then started scanning the surrounding area's for the frameworks currently in combat.

Her T system still active, her hands glowed as she began anaylzing the combat situations around her.

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"...odd...what's Mai doing?", a scientist on Mai's maintience team said as they watched from the docking bay feeds.

"I've never seen her get this aggressive before", another says.

"Then again, I never thought Mai would actually "talk" to the other pilots on an open comm link", an engineer states.

"...huh...I wonder...with that spike in the syncho rate before, I wonder if that...opened some doors for her...", the "senior" member then adds.