Second Advent Entry 011: Innovator
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[It seems that the device is seated on a table, camera pointing towards Setsuna. He's standing before the table and talking to some people-if they could be called that-positioned somewhere behind the device.]
When I was a child, I used to believe that a god will reward me when I fought for the purification of the world. But then I realized that I was wrong, and that a god did not exist in a twisted and distorted world.
I wanted it to change, and that was why I fought using the Gundams. I wanted a place where pain and suffering as a result of endless warfare did not exist, and to create such a world, I had participated in armed interventions to eradicate the sources of distortion. To fight, to destroy with my Gundam... that was all I knew. The world soon retaliated and united against Celestial Being, and then... It changed.
However, four years after the battle against the UN Forces and pain and suffering still continued to exist under the rule of the A-LAWS, guided by the Innovades. We were the ones who brought about that changed world, and that was the sin we carried. Because of our armed interventions, the world began to rely on the aid of beings who only knew how to use force to maintain the fake sense of peace.
We were wrong when we changed the world through armed interventions, and if we were to atone for that sin, then we would change the world again. However, in order to change the world, I must first change myself. I understand now: What I believed in four years ago was wrong. I am not a weapon, I am not a destroyer. My Gundam and I... we needed to change. And then, we would grasp the link to the future.
Humanity needs to change before they can advance, and the only way to do so is for everyone to understand each other. To live together and unite in a sense of mutual understanding... that is what will lead humans to a better future, the type of future that they can live in.
And I do not feel guilty about fighting for the future with Celestial Being. We will live on, not as mere weapons, but as a group of people who aim to eliminate fighting. Even if we have to use military power, even if the world abandons us, even if we take on all the contradictions upon ourselves. We will continue to confront the world. We have to continue to exist.
For the future.
[And if you look-really look-you might just catch the slightest hint of a yellow glow in Setsuna's eyes before the device shuts off.]