Minato just gives Tsukasa the most smug, confident grin Faith has ever seen him give. Tsukasa, on the other hand, looks betrayed.
"E-eh?!"
"See? Girls like a knight in shining armor sometimes. Just not all the time. Now, you were saying about the thing you were going to give me?"
"Oh. Right. The gear. Well, I thought you might like a bit of an upgrade to the Gaia Armor. It's not quite something I can just install into your belt for future use; for one, I'm still testing it, working out the kinks. It should work just fine; I've tested it already, but only in simulations. Never the real thing. You get to test it for me."
Tsukasa hands over a small, backpack-sized contraption, made of black plastic and rubber, with rounded edges and what appears to be a similar crystal to the Gaia Driver's own in the middle. Minato examines it carefully as he takes it from her, tilting his head.
"What is it?"
"A little temporary exoskeleton for the Gaia Armor. I designed it based on my own Eckesachs. It'll give you a nice suit of armor for your suit of armor, amplify the force of your blows, and has some nifty armaments of its own. Nothing like Gatling guns or stuff like that, but think larger Requiem summons, and possibly a few inbuilt shields. I'd give your friends one of these, but I've just the one, and I thought it'd fit the wannabe knight in shining armor to get the suit of shining armor.
Basically, I'm giving you a small mecha in a backpack."