Quote:"How 'ya holdin' up there, sweetcheeks?"
The young man blinked.
"Um...fine," he finally managed to squeak out. His eyes, however, said 'no, no I am most certainly not fine. I am terrified of dying here, and, provided we get out of this unscathed, I am going to cry. I am going to cry hard, and for a very long time.'
He didn't say that, of course. Shinji couldn't afford to not act manly around Asuka.
Because that would mean she would pick up the slack.
Quote:"How can I not panic?" Shinji almost cried. "There's a bullet in me!"
"It's alright..." Asuka sighed. She was not good at this kind of thing. "Injuries happen all the time in this line of work. The important thing to remember is that bulletwounds are only fatal in certain places." She forced a smile. "And hey! Since you're a robot, bullets are probably even less dangerous for you!"
Shinji flinched, either from Rei's redressing of his wound or from Asuka's wording. Either way, his head sunk. "Don't remind me..."
Asuka reeled.
Not good at all.
"Sorry, I forgot. Still a touchy subject." A nervous chuckle wanted to escape her lungs, but she refused to be that cliched. "But you shouldn't worry about not being human. I mean, Rei's an alien clone after all!"
"I am several clones, and I am only half alien."
"Take the damn newspaper off your head, already."
Quote:As the other monoliths bickered, 17 was silent in thought.
"...Ah, I see."
The meeting once again returned to silence. "You do?"
"Of course." 17 stated. "And I am quite satisfied with that sort of arrangement."
"And why is that?"
"Why else?" 17 chuckled. "Because it means I go last."
http://forums.spacebattles.com/showthread.php?t=187354]Cutey Shinji
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Rob Kelk
"Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose
them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of
the same sovereign, servants of the same law."
- Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012