[ After eleven -- almost thirteen, including all the extra-world time -- years, it should be meaningless. Yet, there is a noticeable pause before he answers. ]

No, I've never piloted one.

[ And another. ]

I coded them, or the first batch. Of course they work.

[ Well -- as it happens, he's susceptible to this, enthusiasm over the Jaegers. He might just be trying not to smile by the end of it. ]

Beastly expensive, of course, but they proved they only method to stop the kaiju.