mental link;

[shri]

[ Knock-knock -

- or something like the creak of city gates of her wanting to reach out to anyone else in the hive that will respond. ]

( These ability we have aside from communication. I require a trainer for my own.

And a decent explanation of what they are and their pitfalls. I am not familiar with this kind of... magic. )

[ Yeah she can't think of another word for it. ]

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[greentech]

( Nikolai Tesla? )

[ Pidge sounds slightly in awe. ]

( You know Nikolai Tesla? )

[shri]

( Indeed. You know his work? )

[ It's a parents pride, she knows him, and she knows him well. He has done so much for her, too much. ]

[greentech]

( Uh, yeah, he's just one of the greatest inventors of early modern history. )

[ She's a tech nerd, give her a sec. ]

[shri]

( I always knew history would remember him as he should be called - )

[ She draws up the haze of a warm memory, a good one, of not someone viewed through the lens of greatness, but of a soft spoken, quiet man, who potters about his tables and with his experiments. The way he turns up his face in the half light, oil stained fingers wiping on his leather apron before he holds up a new creation - a rifle of spectacle use, but heavy enough that he needs too hands to pick it up as he presents t to her.

'Lady Lakshmi, I present to you my newest creation. The M86-FL Thermite Rifle.' His face breaks into an eager, nervous smile. Such a great man, is Lakshmi's own commentary, but so very shy. 'What do you think? Will it serve?' ]

[greentech]

[ Whoa. Pidge sways slightly as she receives the memory and she gets a glimpse of Nikolai Tesla through Lakshmi's eyes. It... isn't exactly how she remembers him looking in any of his pictures. He's also handing out a gun, so that's different. She doesn't really remember him working on guns that much. ]

( Thermite rifle? I don't remember reading about that invention... )

[shri]

( Weapons aren't his passion, but he does make some of the finest armaments I have ever seen, and firearms were never my preference. )

[ Which is to say if he could make someone like her love her rifle, well. They had to be just that good. ]

( However they are what he is currently employed for by.... the British Government, I suppose you could say. )

[ Its lightly put, she's realised enough now that it seems things like the Knights of the Order aren't something others seem to know about. ]

[greentech]

( I thought he moved to America... )

[ She can't recall Tesla working for the British government. But it's been a while since she read up on him, honestly. ]

( Honestly, I don't know a lot about guns, either. )

[shri]

[ and in the way that she approaches her own lack of knowledge, she gives just the same. ]

( Would you like too? )

[ A tap of thought. ]

( I am not Tesla, but I know my way around the tools of my trade. )

[greentech]

( Uh, sure, I guess. I don't use them that often, but... learning would be handy? )

[ She's not sure. She's never really used one, but it might be good. Right? Even if she's reluctant to actually hurt some people. ]

[shri]

( More than handy. I was never fond of them, I prefer my shamsher or talwar. But a gun is a weapon of a truly modern world. It does not matter how big, strong or capable your opponent, a bullet to the heart is a bullet to the heart.

If that is not equality, I do not know what is. )

[ It's brutal - yes. But so is she. To that she can appreciate how it functions, the simplicity of the trigger that no more than a twitch of the lightest hand could bring down great warriors. ]

[greentech]

( Yeah. I mean... I don't usually use one, but some of my old teammates did. So... it'd probably be a good diea to actually learn. Even if it's not really something I want to do. )

[ She's killed Galra before. Guns just... aren't her thing, most of the time. ]

( It's definitely efficient, anyway. )

[shri]

( Certainly. It always a good thing to know at least something about every weapon at your disposal.

I never liked firearms, much. They were not how I was... raised. It was Tesla who showed me their beauty. )

[ A different place, perhaps. A warmer place for something that does something so cruel. She holds them in regards not so much for them - but for how Tesla himself viewed the world. ]

[greentech]

( They've never really been my thing either. I mostly use... uh. I guess it's a punching dagger? Or a whip. That shocks people.

It's pretty cool, honestly. )

[shri]

( ... Master a gun, and I will bring you a Urumi to train in next. )

[greentech]

( An urumi? What's that? )

[shri]

( A sword that is made to bend like a whip. )

[greentech]

( That sounds pretty awesome, actually. )

[shri]

( One of the greatest warriors of my people - Shivaji. He would wield two in battle. Truly he is awesome. )

[ Not quite to the younger woman's tone, she says it to how she knows it, to be filled with ae. ]

[greentech]

( I don't think I've ever heard of him... but that still sounds like it'd really cool to learn! I mean, I'm not bad with it right now, but getting better is always good. Right? )

[shri]

( Always. When we return to the... station, I would be more than glad to teach you it. )

[greentech]

( That would be great! I'm totally looking forward to it! )

[shri]

( I'll let you know, when the time presents itself. )