[There is a short time during their Academy years when Mako thinks Chuck might just be her best friend, if not the only friend she's got. As with most relations in her life, this one too proves to be a disappointing bitter pill to swallow, when Chuck is recruited to pilot Striker and Mako is refused her application time and again by the Marshal.
There is a long period of time when she doesn't care what Chuck does, doesn't follow news of the Hansens regularly, doesn't study their Jaeger to see if it needs improvements, doesn't think of him everytime there's news of an attack, does not sometimes pause in her own work in Gipsy Danger and thinks this isn't how she wanted to be in a Jaeger, and the company is all wrong too. She doesn't do all that, because it doesn't influence the outcome of this world, it only interferes. Orders are orders, and she does respect the Marshal's orders enough to obey them, albeit continuously submitting her application as the future co-pilot.
Then, Chuck and Herc are brought into the Shatterdome, and Mako really doesn't care. He's a big shot now, looks at her like she's a pencil pusher or the person in charge of changing oil, and she doesn't want to see that. Doesn't want to see his face, if that's all there is now, if this is all there will ever be of any human contact she ever gets.
Hearing Pentecost's refusal for the nth time has really set her on the edge now, moreso when she knows that he's on his way to get the surviving Becket. She has many doubts about him, but more than just that she has more doubts about herself. Will she get the guts to finally demand to be given a chance with spoken words, rather than on paper? She know Gipsy Danger better than anyone ever would, and 51 out of 51 kills is a fucking record, virtual simulations or not.
Needless to say, when Chuck catches her in the dinner line, her mood is not the most diplomatic.]
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There is a long period of time when she doesn't care what Chuck does, doesn't follow news of the Hansens regularly, doesn't study their Jaeger to see if it needs improvements, doesn't think of him everytime there's news of an attack, does not sometimes pause in her own work in Gipsy Danger and thinks this isn't how she wanted to be in a Jaeger, and the company is all wrong too. She doesn't do all that, because it doesn't influence the outcome of this world, it only interferes. Orders are orders, and she does respect the Marshal's orders enough to obey them, albeit continuously submitting her application as the future co-pilot.
Then, Chuck and Herc are brought into the Shatterdome, and Mako really doesn't care. He's a big shot now, looks at her like she's a pencil pusher or the person in charge of changing oil, and she doesn't want to see that. Doesn't want to see his face, if that's all there is now, if this is all there will ever be of any human contact she ever gets.
Hearing Pentecost's refusal for the nth time has really set her on the edge now, moreso when she knows that he's on his way to get the surviving Becket. She has many doubts about him, but more than just that she has more doubts about herself. Will she get the guts to finally demand to be given a chance with spoken words, rather than on paper? She know Gipsy Danger better than anyone ever would, and 51 out of 51 kills is a fucking record, virtual simulations or not.
Needless to say, when Chuck catches her in the dinner line, her mood is not the most diplomatic.]
If you have nothing good to say, don't talk.