Though Alexa Streon asked a lot of troublesome questions, Ves did not mind her behavior.
She did not blindly accept his judgment and showed enough spine to question his decisions.
That was a good trait in a mech designer. Obedient drones never progressed that far in the mech industry. Only those who were inquisitive and brave enough to question the assumptions of other mech designers possessed the qualities of a high-ranking mech designer.
Ves was more than willing to tolerate her doubts so long as it kept her inquisitive and skeptical.
Of course, there was a limit to everything. A mech designer that constantly questioned everything and never believed in the facts would not be able to make it. Their progress would stall because they rejected far too much existing teachings.
