[color=0076a3]"Sponsors are how your Gear's replacement parts and repairs are paid for."[/color] Ian said to Kiril. [color=0076a3]"That being said, the team's engineer is the one in charge of actually 'tinkering' with our GEARs. Well, non-catastrophic damage withstanding."[/color]

It was almost baffling that a guy like this didn't seem to know these things. That and the whole statement about it not being tinkered with by foreigners rubbed Ian the wrong way. Did Kiril really think that sponsors just did whatever they pleased? It couldn't be that he had something to hide, the engineers that checked the GEARS before letting them into the school were thorough enough.