As much as Ves enjoyed reconnecting with old friends, he still had a job to do. The single most important responsibility of a mech designer was to design mechs, and the LMC would never be able to realize all of its ambitions by remaining stuck at offering only two mech models for sale.
"It's high time for the Aurora Titan to join the LMC's lineup."
He made sure the LMC still committed to implement Phase 2. He also arranged a huge pile of homework for Ketis for her enhanced learning ability to sink its teeth into. Finally, he checked with Melkor and gave him a heads up about the bounty on his head.
Predictably, his cousin frowned when he heard the news. "We haven't heard an inkling of this threat."
"You should be more on top of the local underground scene, Melkor." Ves lightly admonished him. "While it's important to train the new members of the Avatars and arrange missions for them, make sure you aren't losing sight of your primary task, which is to protect my life."
