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[Once the operation on Nora colony is over, Izuru decides to check on the evacuated civilians. The memory of Commander Bruzar's sacrifice is still fresh in his mind, and he is very conflicted.
And then, when he approaches the evacuees and they actually notice him, something he never experienced before happens. They walk to him wordlessly. Then, tears in eyes, a random person Izuru never met before hugs him in thanks.
This right here are all the lives you've saved, Unity Group.]
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Oh wow! I can't believe it!
[A little later, Team Rabbits from the MJP have officially been assigned to Star Rose as part of Unity Group. Want to meet with its proud members, already declared heroes? There's one right here!]
It's like a dream come true. I didn't expect it to happen that fast. It's so amazing, like a secret base of a hero with a hidden identity! What's that over there?
[Izuru is running around like a little kid on sugar. Right now he's the happiest teenager alive. Anything and anyone is bound to attract his attention.
In case you think hiding away in bases other than Star Rose will save you, no such luck. He'll visit the other places as well.]
[Once the operation on Nora colony is over, Izuru decides to check on the evacuated civilians. The memory of Commander Bruzar's sacrifice is still fresh in his mind, and he is very conflicted.
And then, when he approaches the evacuees and they actually notice him, something he never experienced before happens. They walk to him wordlessly. Then, tears in eyes, a random person Izuru never met before hugs him in thanks.
This right here are all the lives you've saved, Unity Group.]
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Oh wow! I can't believe it!
[A little later, Team Rabbits from the MJP have officially been assigned to Star Rose as part of Unity Group. Want to meet with its proud members, already declared heroes? There's one right here!]
It's like a dream come true. I didn't expect it to happen that fast. It's so amazing, like a secret base of a hero with a hidden identity! What's that over there?
[Izuru is running around like a little kid on sugar. Right now he's the happiest teenager alive. Anything and anyone is bound to attract his attention.
In case you think hiding away in bases other than Star Rose will save you, no such luck. He'll visit the other places as well.]
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Still, soldiers can't take it on themselves to ignore orders from the people with a clearer view of what's happening. If you hadn't been able to pull that off, you'd have thrown away your life and your machine, when they could have saved more lives down the line.
You get me?
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But still...
If I just abandoned those people, I'm not sure I'd be able to forgive myself, ever.
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Bah, listen to me, talking like a grizzled vet. That was the first time I'd been in the path of live fire, too. And it did go better than expected, even if the colony itself was lost.
So, okay, you did good, kid. Just don't let it go to your head. And if they set you scrubbing toilets for a week because of it, don't grumble.
And if they don't, then let me have a look at your machine sometime, because I want to know how it did that.
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... Actually, Inspector Suzukaze can be scary sometimes so maybe... A, anyway! AHSMBs are supposed to be super secret but I'll ask if you can look at them anyway if it's alright.
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You were at a military academy for how long, and you never ended up with a punishment detail? [Either this kid is
less of a spacey doofussharper than he appears, or standards are slipping.]And you can pitch me as a consultant if it helps. I have the official certifications for it, and I'm used to NDAs - and security clearance.
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But, well, I sometimes got punished anyway...
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Actually, what kind of an academy was it? I admit, I was kind of surprised to find prototype mechs in the hands of such young pilots, out on the front lines.
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I mean, I entered the academy without any memories but I found something that gave me purpose in life. So I don't regret it.
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You, uh - what? No memories?
[Shit, has she accidentally stumbled onto someone's tragic backstory of traumatic amnesia?]
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Nobody in the Academy has any memories from before they got there. They were removed for some reason.
That's because we're all parts of the MJP program. Since birth, I mean.
[Somehow Izuru doesn't sound too bothered about this.]
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[Well, that was... unexpected. Cathy's not quite sure how to follow up on a revelation like that - all the obvious questions it leads to seem like conversational landmines.]
That's... a surprise? I thought the program was just to train pilots.
[Maybe it's not as bad as it seems - she hadn't heard a huge outcry about the ethical implications from her parents' circles, after all. Or maybe it was exactly that bad, and just very secret.]
How far back do your memories go?
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My earliest memory? Hmm...
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Then, I saw it! Left behind by the previous occupant of my room, a real treasure!
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[They wiped his whole memory and started him over with a blank slate? Only a few years of training as his entire remembered life before pushing him out onto a battlefield? Cathy's going to be looking up whoever's listed as the MJP's UG liason and asking some pointed questions after this. Even if a kid that young could be held capable of consenting to something like that, by the sound of it he'd been raised from birth specifically for the role, which was all kinds of No.
...Doesn't seem to bother him much, though.]
A treasure...?
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[Izuru starts poking at his pockets, and eventually pulls out... a tome of manga?
There is a transforming hero on the cover, facing off some dark monster while protecting a girl with his own body.]
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[This explains a certain amount. Cathy's not familiar with the specific example in Izuru's hands, but the genre's effect is easy enough to imagine. She wonders if the other MJP pilots have adopted similar... strategies.]
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So this was all you had, outside of training and school, when you didn't know who you were or who you'd been...
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No? Well, don't be coy! Give me the full story!
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Ah, of course. Friends you'll be a hero to protect, right?
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Just a bit.
[Well, it was more like Asagi jockeying and then everyone chasing after him.]
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