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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[klan_klan_klan]

What the hell happened out there?

[newtypeamuro]

...Angels. Two of them...

[klan_klan_klan]

Those are involved with those Evangelion Units, right? I've barely been able to get any information about them from the database.

Now? I think I know why.

[newtypeamuro]

...The Eva units aren't any different from the angels themselves.

...Maybe they're worse...

[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.]

[newtype_zeta]

[After hearing about the mission, Kamille decides to go down to the hangar and check on the status of the Gundam. He spots Amuro when he does so and walks over to him.]

...Do you need some help?

[newtypeamuro]

...I'll manage.

Just another mission, right?

[newtype_zeta]

I don't call that a mission. I call that a monster that needs to be stripped of his status.

[newtypeamuro]

You and me both... Men like that are the reason we go to war.

[messiahfist]

*hanging out in the hangar for extended periods of time is just one of those things X does. And although at first he just chalked Amuro's state up to usual post-battle jitters, but he eventually caught on*

... Something very bad happened out there, didn't it?

[newtypeamuro]

...Yeah.

...I'm starting to wonder what our enemies really are.

[messiahfist]

... Are you talking about the Evas and the Angels or the people behind them?

[newtypeamuro]

...Maybe both. No, definitely both.