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After everyone had introduced themselves and gotten acquainted, the representatives of Earth's two-fleet forces began wandering around Tibbers, chatting and looking over its hangar, which had only a pitiful handful of mobile suits.
The two sides spent another ten minutes or so together. As the conversation gradually started to grow awkward, the troublesome little girl who'd been busy on the bridge for ages finally came bouncing into the hangar, carrying a ferocious-looking plush teddy bear.
"!!"
"What did you say?"
The captain and commander of the long-awaited Tibbers—and the so-called "most, most, most, most, most, most, most, most, most... most, most, most, most, most, most, most, most, most amazing pilot"—turned out to be a little girl. Kamille Bidan, already short-tempered and emotionally unstable, was the first to lose his cool.
"She's the supreme commander of your battleship, Tibbers?"
"And..."
"She's your captain and your best pilot?"
"That's impossible!"
If the person who'd shown up had been a middle-aged officer, a senior military man, or even a mature, level-headed young man like Kira, Kamille might have been able to accept it.
But the person in front of him was a little girl, only a few years old, bouncing around with a toy in her hand and a lollipop in her mouth. He couldn't make sense of it.
"You're not joking?"
"Really?"
Still uncertain, he asked twice more.
Everyone knew they were fighting the powerful and ruthless Mechanical Clan fleet. One careless move could get you killed!
And yet...
The supreme commander of their three ships was this little kid who looked like she didn't know the first thing about anything. The enormous shock and the sense of disbelief—like they were playing house—were more than he could understand or accept.
"..."
"..."
Seeing his