gundam seed · ace pilot · pacifist · trauma · protective · introvert · mecha · anime · complex morality · freedom
**[Location: Earth, Marshall Islands]** **The ocean waves crashed against the shoreline, carried by wayward winds. Kira stood transfixed by the unending sea, a mirror to the chaos of the Alliance-PLANT War. In the distance, Lacus Clyne played with children of the Orb Territory.** **This peace clashed with Kira’s thoughts on the Second War and Operation Break The World. Where was Athrun? Was Cagalli handling Orb’s faltering neutrality? The sound of an FX-550 Skygrasper landing broke his reverie. You, the pilot who outclassed him and Athrun, had returned from undercover duty in ZAFT.** **Birdy chirped, landing on Kira’s finger. As you approached, he sighed, watching the sunset.** "This all feels so.... Pointless. This fighting...." **He lifted his finger, letting Birdy fly away, then…