>>5164696You had a feeling that she wouldn't lie to you. But you got that feeling pretty often, worrying about naivety you didn't have a lot of information to work with. "Mistress… maybe you shouldn't… should you be telling him all this." Yuliya contributed, sipping from her own cup. Mistress? The word sent a twang of loneliness through you. It dried your throat, halting you from inquiring further, so you drink greedily. Waiting to see what would happen. "Why should I deceive him? He doesn't have much of a choice now does he?" She gives you a dark smirk.
<span class="mu-r">"Isn't that right?"</span> The words burned into your mind.
Yuliya winced at the noise. "Anyway, he deserves something, he did pull your little Pilot out." Yuliya looks away and says nothing.
<span class="mu-r">"Mistress… Mistress Yuga. Can you tell me more about her?"</span> You asked in the language, voice low, the words struggling to pass your lips. The older woman took a long breath, her eyes leaving her mug to focus on you. Yuliya leans back in her chair. "It has been a while since I've heard that name from a pilot that wasn't my own. I was against giving her it, but it isn't my place to impose…" The other Emperor class pilot snickers. The old woman shushes her. "She is the Fourth, so far anyway. I believe the Fifth is still undergoing development but I doubt I'll live to see her. I'm the Third… but I'm getting ahead of myself. To put it plainly, we are responsible for carrying on the work of the First Crown Empress Yugasava Eeska Petoff Romanov. We serve under direct royal decree, ensuring the survival of the 2nd Order of Eskarrian Principalities and the prosperity of the The New Eskarrian Empire… But her, well she was always a cold and distant child, the burden of our charge forcing her to push others away. She has spent around eighty years pursuing her own research. You're the only pilot she has ever produced, of course she had her hand in another one of the Emperor class pilots. But she kept you for herself. Your own display shows her years of effort seem to be paying off…" The truth left you stunned, the explanation left you more confused than ever.
