Maybe you're right. Maybe there will still be pain, if after we've been around that long. As long as we're better at our jobs, too, then...it might be worth it.

[His jaw-hinge sets for a moment, wondering about that connection, still.]

We can't.

Sometimes I wish that Colonel Seia were here. Her advice...her trust...make me feel as if I could accomplish more than I were programmed for.

But then there is this.

[His hand clenches over the rubble.]

And I still cannot help but think, that even so...

That even with all this uncertainty, it would have been nice to see her again. [He can only hope Yuuta feels the same way.]