Fifth Flash

[newtypeamuro]

[Amuro sits to the side of the hanger bay catwalk, near one of the computer simulators. There's a certain odd hollowness in his expression. 20 feet below him on the ground is the blood-soaked wreckage of the Gundam. There are enough parts left of it to be salvaged, theoretically, but for the time being it's a hulk of scrap

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[soylent_genki]

L-lieutenant Amuro? Are you okay?

[newtypeamuro]

...

...

...yeah...

[soylent_genki]

If you need to go to the infirmary, you really should...

((Even if you could tell a lie worth a damn, you're not going to fool a psychodriver, Amuro. Not when you're this upset.))

[newtypeamuro]

Infirmary? ...No... There's nothing they'd be able to do for me anyhow.

[Yeah, he's not going to fool anyone ever. Not even Kusuha.]

[soylent_genki]

It's because of the fight that happened in Tokyo today, isn't it? I was nearly sick just from hearing about it. To have been there...

[newtypeamuro]

...Any word on that boy?

[soylent_genki]

Sh-Shinji and Touji are both in the medical wing. Shinji's recovering from severe fatigue and Touji from cellular regeneration treatment. They're both going to be alr...well, going to recover.

[newtypeamuro]

...I'm glad to hear... Nobody deserves war... But they're both just kids still. I might not be one to talk, but they shouldn't have to go through that...

not that.

[soylent_genki]

His feelings...

Lieutenant...you can feel people the same way I can, can't you? With everything that happened, it must have been...

[newtypeamuro]

[He just looks down at the grating below him for a minute... before he looks back up]

...The angels are... They're human but they're not. I can't explain it, but it was... like staring into raw terror itself.

[soylent_genki]

You could feel the Angel?

Even the Einst or Silentium wouldn't be so...

This is what Ingram meant when he talked about the double-edged sword.

[newtypeamuro]

The angel or the Eva... I'm not sure which one it was... But... that's exactly what he meant.

[soylent_genki]

As a Newtype, you're a lot stronger than I am as a Psychodriver...I think. I can't even imagine how it must have felt.

Um, i-if you need anything at all, you know where to find me, right? I don't really know anything about this myself, but if there's anything I can do.