Jason smiles under the shroud as he suddenly knows the history of Gilgamesh. It seems he was right in his guess, and he felt confident in his ability to pilot the suit. Still, there was only one way to test it.
"Please excuse me again for interrupting, Flint and Miss Cat. It seems that the shroud does read the history of objects, but it also seems to give me the competence to use them. The only way I can test it is if I try, but I don't want to overstep any boundaries. Flint, would you give me permission to take your battlesuit for a lap around the hangar? I promise to keep it inside the ship, and if the effect wears off, I'll stop immediately and come get you." Jason asks politely.
Flint turned to look at the man, scratching his head a bit. Gilgamesh was his. He didn't feel comfortable sharing him with others, even for a bit. Especially people with weird magical stuff who had no experience other than through weird magical stuff.
"Eeerm... Are you sure? I mean, it's got a lot of buttons in there and not all of them should be pressed and there are... Errm... I mean, if you are confident that you can pilot it, sure, just... Don't fire the weapons under any circumstances, do not press any buttons you are not supposed to, stay away from other people and... How the hell are you going to pilot it with one arm? Are you just going to walk it around?"You were just piloting while drunk, you hypocrite. You were using it to get drunk, in fact."I assume mission?"
I nod once
"Combat?"
No response
"Well, I'm not an incredibly complicated person. If there's something I should kill, I shoot it. If it gets close, I punch it. If I want to get somewhere or away quickly, I fly. And if a teammate is in trouble, I try to 'take the bullet' so to speak.""Now, I'm not in charge here, so this is only what I want to do."
"I think I'll try not shooting at anything if I don't need to or maybe just using my laser. In fact, if those things can adapt as quickly as Steve says, I shouldn't even try to protect you if it isn't absolutely necessary, since those things will develop even stronger weapons that will get through my armour. So at least for the first part, I'll just be following you and saying my prayers, maybe using my hands a bit or helping with scouting and moving people around or opening a path if something is in the way. I can also lay energy mines or claymore mines to cover our backs from ambushes, but I don't know how useful that will be."Flint sighed, looking down and shaking his head a bit.
"I feel kinda bad knowing that in the beginning the best way to help the others will be to not help them."He looked at Lyra again.
"When they get the big guns out, I'll just-""What in hell's name is going on back there?" he said, turning to look at where the shouting was coming from.
Flint took a few steps back so he could see behind Gilgamesh's legs. He stared at the sight of Pancaek and the mouth with his mouth open for a couple of seconds. He wasn't certain about what he was supposed to feel about that.
Yet more weird magical stuff. Am I the only human left on this ship?Judging that Pancaek was not in danger but merely inconvenienced, he reverted to humour.
"Hey, Spoonman? Need me to come over there and pull that suction cup off your face? Or maybe Chatcat to come and bite the biter?"He turned to look at Lyra.
"Want to see something disturbing? And a bit funny at the same time?" he said, pointing at something behind Gilgamesh's legs, trying to stifle a smile appearing below his mustache.
Flint pauses to see if Lyra wants to do anything else, if she had something to say or if he should continue.