Wrath of a Mother
As Ketis prepared to launch a surprise raid onto the alien positions, she couldn't explain why she recalled one of her discussions with Director Astoria Kelric of the Arcadia Sanctum.
She held numerous deep and interesting discussions with the mecher over the years.
Though she was not a core figure within the Association due to lacking the ability to pilot or design a mech, she had served as a useful window into what the Mech Trade Association was like by virtue of being born within its ranks.
Swordmasters were killers. Trained killers. Proficient killers. Yet still killers.
Director Astoria said this as if there was anything bad about killing.
Soldiers were killers as well, but hardly anyone complained about them. The mech pilots and infantry soldiers who fought on behalf of a state most often killed lots of people in wars, but none of them received any admonishment for their actions.