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[Asuka's on the phone yet again, walking across campus holding a briefcase]
Yes, I'm on my way to my defense right now. No, mama, it's not the most ambitious paper ever, but I'm still working on my first Ph. D. here. I'm sure I'll be doing better than you by the time I'm your age. ...That was a joke, mama, you're lovely.
[Suddenly, and for the first time in days, Asuka looks up. Hears the cicadas chirping, feels the cool breeze, sees the blue sky...and two green streaks flying through the air.]
[She ditches the suitcase, papers on fusion and solid energy fields flying out of it and blowing away in the wind.]
You know what? I've had a change of plans.
[The fashionable phone in her hand is, rather suddenly, a core drill, which she brings down and looks at.]
I'll be with you in a minute, mama. And the rest of those idiots. Can't let them go dying without my help.
Auf wiedersehen.
Yes, I'm on my way to my defense right now. No, mama, it's not the most ambitious paper ever, but I'm still working on my first Ph. D. here. I'm sure I'll be doing better than you by the time I'm your age. ...That was a joke, mama, you're lovely.
[Suddenly, and for the first time in days, Asuka looks up. Hears the cicadas chirping, feels the cool breeze, sees the blue sky...and two green streaks flying through the air.]
[She ditches the suitcase, papers on fusion and solid energy fields flying out of it and blowing away in the wind.]
You know what? I've had a change of plans.
[The fashionable phone in her hand is, rather suddenly, a core drill, which she brings down and looks at.]
I'll be with you in a minute, mama. And the rest of those idiots. Can't let them go dying without my help.
Auf wiedersehen.