Chapter 11: The Mech Engineering Department 3
Both Alto and the officer were shocked. It was clear that Alto was the one being referred to or had she missed that? He raised his hand and spoke with a shaky voice, "That would be me, ma'am."
She looked down at him and blinked repeatedly in shock fora long time that it became very uneasy and awkward then she spoke. "One, don't call me ma'am ever. I'm a young woman. Two, you're young what's your story."
Before Alto could speak the guard nect to him explained his situation to the professir after he finished she dismissed the guard and sent him off. Officer Shirley had not told her the story behind the new recruit so he expected him to be a young scholar who was scouted out. But of course the chances of a third rate planet breeding a genius was laughable.
Now left alone with Alto she spoke. "Names Professor Marie Einstein and you are?"
Alto tried to smile but his body betrayed him and refused to. "Alto, just Alto." He responded.
She put her hands behind her back and walked around him, her eyes studying him closely. Alto felt very alienated as she did not beat the look of a normal person from the world he knew, just like officer Shirley she had that look that she did not see him and a human but unlike the officer who did not see a future in him she seemed to see a future.
"Alto Just Alto, would you like me to share a secret with you?" She asked in a cold voice.
Alto was unsure of how to reply, he had lost all confidence he had in himself and was now back to square one.
Professor Einstein spoke after a short while. "There is no way you can ever be a mech designer." Alto's eyes widened from shock as he thought he had just been rejected once again, the professor sensed this and she waved her hand dismissively and gave him a warming smile. "Don't take it the wrong way measel, I've got no interest in your rather unimpressive self. What I meant to say is that that damn old man lied to you. There's is no way I can make you a mech designer, not even in a hundred years.
"Surely your scores on engineering might've been great back at whatever ditch you crawled out from but it's no where near enough to even work a simple coding. You don't even look like you have the muscle to hold a wrench."
Hearing this Alto's eyes stated to water as he panicked. "No please wait, I can change. I can learn right, just give me anything please, I don't want to go back."