Twenty-Third Bolt

[mechaotaku]

(Backlogged to after this, for I too am lazy)

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I still don't completely understand what happened back in the hangar with Anew. She was fine one moment, and then the next she was pointing a gun to my head. I couldn't do anything. I should have been able to do something. All of the training I've been going through, what does

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[notjustlockonm2]

[Lyle stares blankly at Zoe's message for a while, but is unable to process it right now, his mind still being a wreck. Eventually, he just closes the window without responding.]

[0moon_glasses0]

Was it your first time in a situation like that? Caught flatfooted out of a mech?

[mechaotaku]

Well, in training...

[0moon_glasses0]

There's only so much training can teach you. Unless you've spent your whole adult life training like the Moonrace's Ghingnam Faction you're bound to be scared the first time something like that happens.

[mechaotaku]

Still, I completely blanked. I should have been able to do something.

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[gundam_savior]

Did you sustain any injuries?

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[mechaotaku]

No, I'm all right. Kira took the hit for me...

[gundam_savior]

I know. I'll stop by to see him later.

...don't blame yourself for what happened. That's just the sort of reckless person Kira is. He'd throw himself in the line of fire for almost anyone here.

[wetnoodleguy]

You're not a trained soldier, right, Zoe? It's only natural that when when something's happening, you freeze. It's different on foot than in a mech.

[driftingpersona]

The truth is, there is nothing wrong with being a coward. I know a lot of other people will tell you otherwise? But it's not being a coward which is the problem.

It's using that fact as a justification for your actions.