>>5163822>>5163914>>5163949>>5163959>>5164050>>5164296>>5164387You lounge on the bed, watching the women start on making the tea. "While I think I was efficient, I can't help feeling like I didn't do enough… thank you regardless… could I visit my friends while they are here?" The confident lady turns to face the question. "I don't see why not, once you have recovered fully. We still have to monitor you further." The senior pilot assisted the older woman in finish up the tea. Steeping the steaming liquids and adding sugar and milk. "Do you mind if I get dressed?" You inquired sheepishly the older woman laughed. Yuliya raising an eyebrow. "Boy there isn't anything you have that we haven't seen before. Trust me." You shrugged, scanning the room for clothes and not spotting any. "What can you tell me of Anastasia?"
The massive woman stopped what she was doing for a second and then continued. "She is kind and very protective of her siblings… after the failures. She took it very hard. That's all I really know…" It struck a chord deep in your heart, the worn thing that was your mind is filled to the brim with questions. So you waste no time asking them. "Is everyone else ok? Was anyone else also affected?" The wrinkled woman looked up, apparently surprised by your words. Her serene face reading your own. "They were a little shaken up, but thankfully the pilots still linking at the time were in the first layer and had yet to be exposed to the majority of the Phobos'… complexities. They mostly passed out and were ejected without any assistance." Yuliya hands the woman two mugs and she crosses her way towards you.
Holding one out, you take it. Words fleeing from your mouth with little restraint. "Could you tell me what's next in our training and testing? I would prefer to prepare... and perhaps help my fellow pilots. Would it be possible to have additional precautions? Would things have changed during the test if we all used the Heavy suit?" She finds a seat on the end of your bed, a wrinkled hand drumming her knee. "Yes I can. Direct exercises are to take place, additional hands on experience with senior pilots. Live firing, navigation, equipment training and counter Phobos exercises. Along with other minute lessons beyond note."
