[ Always a relief when Heero doesn't have to explain his willingness to murder, at least when it's the future of humanity that's at stake. Wufei is the only other person Heero's spoken with at length who wouldn't have so much as flinched, he thinks.
He decides he was right to trust Setsuna as an ally.
Though he asks an interesting question. Does he know that Heero can't quite let go of the war himself? Or maybe it's something impossible to imagine, throwing away mobile suits the way Heero does. There's no easy answer to read on Setsuna's face. ]
My suit is a tool. I'm the weapon.
[ Matter-of-factly: that is how he was trained.
Yes, Quatre had his persuasive arguments about the idolatry of war machines, and Relena had her treatise of disarmament... but ultimately, Heero wouldn't have agreed to either if he weren't completely assured - rightly or wrongly - of his ability to be effective without Wing Zero. ]
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He decides he was right to trust Setsuna as an ally.
Though he asks an interesting question. Does he know that Heero can't quite let go of the war himself? Or maybe it's something impossible to imagine, throwing away mobile suits the way Heero does. There's no easy answer to read on Setsuna's face. ]
My suit is a tool. I'm the weapon.
[ Matter-of-factly: that is how he was trained.
Yes, Quatre had his persuasive arguments about the idolatry of war machines, and Relena had her treatise of disarmament... but ultimately, Heero wouldn't have agreed to either if he weren't completely assured - rightly or wrongly - of his ability to be effective without Wing Zero. ]
Would you destroy yours?