Latora, who regarded Kelly as family, bravely ran out and shouted at Thor.
"Kelly has already lost an arm. He can't fight anymore. Please don't drag him back into battle, all right?"
"I'm sorry, Latora, I..."
Before Kelly could finish speaking with his head lowered, Thor stepped forward and waved a hand in explanation.
"Ma'am, I think you may have misunderstood.
Perhaps we didn't explain ourselves clearly just now. We wanted to invite Captain Kelly to help test the practical performance of a new prosthetic limb.
As fellow former soldiers of the Principality of Zeon,
my greatest dream is to allow everyone who lost their physical integrity because of war to live stable, happy lives.
That naturally includes members of the Earth Federation Army as well."
As Thor spun his tale, he also glanced toward where Uraki Hong was hiding, then continued employing his Great Deception Technique.
"Of course, our main purpose in coming here is to help those disabled soldiers get new prosthetic limbs so they can regain the ability to care for themselves.
We want to settle those soldiers who once knew only how to fight and help them better adapt to the needs of modern society.
That is why we intend to establish a company specializing in prosthetic limbs.
Captain Kelly is one of the second batch of testers. We want to obtain practical usage data for the prosthetics through them.
Based on the actual results, we can lower production costs and meet the needs of a wider range of consumers.
We have no intention of dragging him back into combat."
"Ah... so that was it. I'm truly sorry."
"It's all right, ma'am. We were at fault for not making our intentions clear."
After hearing the deception... no, the explanation, some rejoiced while others worried.
Latora's face