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You found Ami outside in the compound on your second day there, where your suits were stored under a large, hastily erected shelter. She was doing some standard maintenance on her suit and thus failed to notice when you walked up to her and placed your hand on her shoulder. She gave a startled jump and bumped her head against her suit in a slightly painful manner.

"Oi! What's going on?" she shouted in annoyance and looked up at you as you moved away from her. "Oh, it's just you, Dorn Wilton. Don't do that next time, or else…" She flexed her fist and punched it into her other palm. Right…you glanced over at her handiwork. She seemed like she's pretty good at maintenance duty, and you told that to her. She grinned and nodded. "Thanks. I usually do most of my suit's maintenance. I don't really like that Edgar fellow touching my suit at all. Can you believe that he even asked me if I wanted to test some experimental mods for him?"

You stared at her in surprise and said that Edgar also offered you some of his mods. She nodded and said, "Jax got the same offer as well before we got sent on this trip. Said something about wanting to get the largest possible sample size, and that the four of us were the best options to run the test this time around." You stared hard at her and wondered who else Edgar roped into his experiment. "So…what did that egghead get you to test for him?" she asked curiously, and you spent a few hours after that talking to Ami and helping her with her maintenance.

Once she was done, Ami gave you a grin and said, "Thanks, Dorn Wilton. It's great to hang out with you once in a while. We need to do that more often, okay?" You nod your head in agreement and part ways for the time being; she wanted to get a shower before meeting up with Jax for the evening. After that, you…