Someday, Silhouettes Will Fly

 

Half a year had passed since the two mercenaries received their Bantams.

That day, they had stopped by E621 Fortress Area to report in to Kelly.

「The knee joints are the problem, huh? Yeah, makes sense. Nobody’s ever had one of these things run and jump before.」

Kelly listened to their report and checked the data in detail.

Tatiana’s machine in particular was placing a heavy load on its knee joints.

「Flying would just make us targets. We haven’t been leaping around that much.」

「No one’s ever done that kind of movement in a Silhouette before!」

「True. We received a great deal of envious attention.」

「Me too. Acceleration’s good.」

「Right? Right? Roller dash doesn’t give you stable posture. Until now, Workers could barely manage to run at all! But now we’ve proven that, even under these technological restrictions, a Silhouette can jump!」

「Next comes flight.」

「Hahaha! Don’t ask the impossible, you demanding Nereid. But I’ll do it someday! Someday, I’ll