Melkor coughed. "Joshua here is a recent graduate I picked up from Meirling."
"The famed advanced mech academy in Bentheim?" Ves briefly glanced away from the pathetic kneeling mech pilot.
What an odd display!
"He just joined us a few weeks ago, so he's still an unpolished gem. Don't let your first impressions fool you, though. Joshua is a top graduate from that mech academy who received many favorable offers from various mech regiments. He could have accepted a fast-track career at the Mech Corps, but he set his sights on the Avatars."
This young mech pilot became more and more interesting to Ves.
"Sit up, Joshua. You're an Avatar, not a groveler. Have some pride."
"Y-Yes, sir!"
"Why did you choose the Avatars?"