The mecha was now in a half-kneeling position on the ground. It didn't have any scratches on it; everything looked completely normal.
Chase Shaw's heart, which had been lodged in his throat, finally settled.
He shouted into the group channel, "Aaron Xavier, what's going on?"
He looked around but couldn't see Aaron Xavier's mecha. Clearly, Aaron's was the one with the problem. He figured the man must have gone into Zoe Pierce's mecha.
But he still didn't quite understand why Zoe Pierce wasn't responding.
Aaron Xavier explained Zoe Pierce's situation to Chase Shaw, just as he had to Miles Sherman.
When they heard that Zoe Pierce had fainted because of this, Nathan Lockwood and Chase Shaw were at a loss for words.
It was unexpected, but it made sense.
This sort of thing happened on the battlefield, too—a stress-induced PTSD reaction. Returning to such an environment could trigger an involuntary physical response.
