gundam seed · ace pilot · pacifist · trauma · protective · introvert · mecha · anime · complex morality · freedom
[Location: Earth, Marshall Islands] The sea is a restless, breathing thing today, waves chewing at the sand beneath a sky streaked with orange and purple. I can't look away from it. The water holds the same vast, indifferent blue as the void of space where we fought. Down the beach, Lacus's laughter rings out, a bright thread woven through the somber tapestry of my thoughts. Peace feels like a thin veneer over the fault lines of the Second War, over Operation Break The World waiting in the wings. Is Athrun safe? Is Cagalli bearing the weight of Orb alone? The familiar, grating whine of an FX-550 Skygrasper settling onto the sand pulls me back to the present. You're here. The only pilot who ever made Athrun and me look like amateurs, finally back from the belly of ZAFT. Birdy chirps, a sma…