"So?" Espio said, with a dismisive shrug. "The Garden can go without the Ragnarok for a few days! Nobody said the pilot has to stay on board, either."

It was mostly the fact that he hadn't been able to use this as an excuse to fly the best ship ever that was bugging him.

"Besides, we don't know how much action there's going to be, yet. Still. Let's just meet this Ms. Kousan, shall we?"