[Again, Mika isn't on the wrong track, but this is the first time Setsuna has ever had to verbalize what these people mean to him. Something about the word 'family' sounds insufficient to him, lacking in some way. He loves them, sure, but more than that, he's connected to them in a way time, space, or even death can't weaken or sever. They're part of him; the reason that he was able to change to begin with. Seeing them before him like this, he's now painfully aware of the pieces of himself that are missing, the parts of himself that he's been keeping at a distance as he struggles to understand his reformation and innovation.
He can't help the pang of guilt at that realization, but... hadn't they respected his quiet? They all gave him the space he needed to sort himself out, never pushed him unless the situation called for him.
They understood.
Even when he couldn't understand himself, they understood him. Because they're not merely family, they're...]
Gundam. [There's no other word he could use at this point.]
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[Again, Mika isn't on the wrong track, but this is the first time Setsuna has ever had to verbalize what these people mean to him. Something about the word 'family' sounds insufficient to him, lacking in some way. He loves them, sure, but more than that, he's connected to them in a way time, space, or even death can't weaken or sever. They're part of him; the reason that he was able to change to begin with. Seeing them before him like this, he's now painfully aware of the pieces of himself that are missing, the parts of himself that he's been keeping at a distance as he struggles to understand his reformation and innovation.
He can't help the pang of guilt at that realization, but... hadn't they respected his quiet? They all gave him the space he needed to sort himself out, never pushed him unless the situation called for him.
They understood.
Even when he couldn't understand himself, they understood him. Because they're not merely family, they're...]
Gundam. [There's no other word he could use at this point.]
They are Gundam.