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[color=39b54a][i]"O-oh! Yes, t-thank y-yit, I mean, thank you so much,"[/i][/color] the man said to Rachel.

She smiled back to him and nodded, [color=white][b]"Would be bad if you were blind in your HELIX."[/b][/color] she chuckled and poked her tongue out at him. Rachel thought his nervous response was rather endearing, though not very indicative of a military man. Then again, the advent of HELIX frames had a tack-on effect of attracting some rather unique individuals. She couldn't be too surprised.

[color=fff200][i]"Do you get off to the sound of your own voice or do you just consider yourself to be that important?"[/i][/color] another passenger said rather rudely to her.

Rachel looked at him, the reflective lenses of her aviators hiding her eyes as they blinked. Rachel shrugged, then nodded at the first half of his comment, [color=white][b]"Yeah I kinda do like the sound of my voice actually. It sounds great when I'm being kind to people,"[/b][/color] she thumbs back to Julian while continuing to speak to Garret, [color=white][b]"You'd probably like yours a lot more too if you tried being nicer to strangers, not to mention future wingmen."[/b][/color]

She then thought about the latter portion of his question, a matter of importance. Rachel nodded again, [color=white][b]"Oh I'm definitely important, don't even need to consider that for a moment. I'm important, just like you are. And you,"[/b][/color] she upnodded to Julian, [color=white][b]"And him over there too."[/b][/color] She gestured to the man who appeared to be just waking from a nap.

Rachel leaned against a seat with an elbow over the top of it while keeping her eyes on Garret, [color=white][b]"HELIX pilots don't just happen, after all. We're pioneers of the next technological era, hand picked from the vast military of the United Empire to handle the most advanced machines ever made. The difference between us is that I have the confidence to verbally acknowledge my importance to the empire."[/b][/color]

Rachel span into a seat and threw a hand behind her head while another reached into a pocket to pull out a phone. She tapped away at it for some time before glancing sidelong to Garret. [color=white][b]"Rachel Crenshaw, by the way."[/b][/color] She held out a hand for a shake as she introduced herself to the man who was just a moment ago throwing shade at her.
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