As Dr. Park walked to the Titan labs, he quickly messaged Cal to come give Daphnis a check up. [color=00aeef]"Ah! It's a pity the secretary doesn't seem to appreciate Project Titan,"[/color] he began, [color=00aeef]"I'm sure she has her reasons. We just have to do better next time during spars against Colossus."[/color] His eyes darted momentarily to Calypso, who scored the worst during combat, but then to Phoebe, whose 'weakness' was not so easy to fix.

Arriving at the labs, he continued, [color=00aeef]"It's really not fair to you, Daphnis, that the secretary judges you based on the performance of the whole project. But we can redeem ourselves; support Talos as best you can. If you see Anvi falter [i]at all[/i], you should step in and help out. We're all on the same team, after all."[/color]

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The Hyper Core operating system came to life, greeting Anvi with a familiar chirp that sounded like a strange juxtaposition between whale song and crickets. She had been told that this is a standard welcome message in the language of the Hyperians, though no one has yet to translate it for her. It was followed immediately, like clockwork, by a heavy pressure on Anvi's mind, like someone pounding on the door to her head, that quickly eased off, though Anvi was unsure if this was because she acclimated to it or if it actually stopped. This didn't used to happen when she first started piloting Talos; it only started happening after she had gotten used to piloting, and even then, only sporadically at first. Now it happens every time, but since the pressure eases off, it doesn't bother her or affect her piloting skills at all.

[color=39b54a]"Head to the elevator and we'll get you topside to run some last-minute tests,"[/color] Dr. Selim Yunus calls out over the intercom, [color=39b54a]"Then we'll intercept the kaiju at The Gate."[/color] 'The Gate' was the former site of the Golden Gate Bridge and served as the entrance into The Bay. This implied that the kaiju was aquatic, as terrestrial kaiju could enter The Bay by walking over the flanking peninsulas, and aerial kaiju could just fly over.