It took Tach a minute to figure out why Sophie was so confused. "Oh!" That's right! She hadn't told Sophie! "I used to be a tank!" Tach said, smiling brightly. "For a top-secret organization that fought cyber crime! There were a bunch of us, but I was Batou's favorite." She'd said that already, but she didn't get to brag that often. "The synthetic oil is all right.. It keeps you running! But the natural stuff is a special treat."
"Oh," she said, nodding as she understood. "Kitten was really good at that. But people sometimes got mad at her because of it.." Tach's smile faltered briefly as she remembered when Merv's mother showed up and thought Kitten was her son. It was so bad.
Her mood quickly brightened, though, as she moved on to other things. "Hey, you're Ellie's friend, right?"