I'll tell you a little about beast mastery. You remember as a pilot, earning your weight class handling certifications through training? It's a bit like that but the superficial similarities stop there. Beast masters have to understand the psychology, the personalities of their living mecha... to a certain amount of depth and greater detail... so though it is like that shared between man and machine there is an additional aspect to contend with.
The Kaiju and Jadoon are smart enough you can hold a conversation with one, after a fashion and they will let you know their opinions readily... provided you know the right way to listen. The dinosaur mecha aren't... as smart and tend to be more brutish. One doesn't exactly converse with them to any great extent but they do have a certain range of feeling so you can communicate somewhat in that way.
Maybe someday when I am a full on adept level beast-master I can be a legendary pilot through that. Hey, a fella can dream, right? To be a true beastmaster you have to understand Gigus, Skriag, Nakshi, General Nakshi, Jadoon, Ignis, Aspis and Regis... to say nothing of the bizarre eldritch mecha of the Negaverse. I still have yet to get my hands on a Jadoon but have observed all these while having piloted many of the rest (with exception of oh, one or two). An in depth knowledge of their intricacies is demanded of a mecha beast master.
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