A Soldier's Defeat

[vjockey.livejournal.com]

[After the last mission, Cheng has been utterly brutalized and battered. His machine was utterly totaled and to top it off this was all a consequence of a contract he made with Maya and had NOT utilized to its fullest extent. Many broken bones, with everything he had with him in the worst state imaginable. And this was merely the physical injuries.

He now knows that somewhere out there is a man with a grudge against his family, out to kill him for reasons unknown. And that by extension once he awakes, he would realize that for a lack of better term, he had done screwed up and nearly killed his comrades (Or a part of him, all the same anyway).

Truly at this point as he lies there in the Infirmary he is at his lowest point.]

[Visit him while he's unconcious? Or when he's awake, clutching at his head and struggling not to scream out in frustration and pain at everything that has happened.]

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[curseu-reflexes.livejournal.com]

But... most of what I've fought's just been riff-raff, really. Bairoft and his raiders were using machines nearly ten years old, Knightmare Frames are not even a third of the Corona's size, and the one time I did face someone strong and really capable, the Corona couldn't do much at all to it.

What I can do now... it's the best I can do. And Christine's just going to grow more as a pilot too, and the next time we meet she might end up surpassing me.

[vjockey.livejournal.com]

You still have time to grow into what you need to be...

You have people that believe in you.

[There was a wry look on his face.]

Moreso than I do.

[curseu-reflexes.livejournal.com]

Please, Cheng.

If there's something holding you back, some flaw in your own style or the Behemoth, I know you can work through it. Humans aren't like Irgelions in that way; if something problematic arises they can always adapt and overcome it!

[vjockey.livejournal.com]

[Cheng... is unsure of it. He doesn't know at all...but...]

And you are so sure of this in regards to me... yet you claim that you cannot do the same merely because you are not the same species.

[He remains silent after that. As if pondering something.]

[curseu-reflexes.livejournal.com]

Of course I am.

When Irgelions came to Earth, humanity had a lot of trouble in the early battles. Irgelions battleships and their Talleths - Talleths are... kinda like mobile suits - had a lot of advantages. Resistance to beam weaponry, alien tech...

But solutions were still found! Humans could adapt and bring in new kinds of weaponry, like the first Prominence Armors. The way battles were fought changed and the Irgelions couldn't adapt the way humans could. It's what separates us, and it's what lets me know you can still grow.

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[vjockey.livejournal.com]

[For a moment, it seems that Cheng looks like he was about to go through another set of denials. He closes his eyes and takes a deep breath.]

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[vjockey.livejournal.com]

...Julia.

[There was a small smile on his face.]

Thank you.

But the separation you claim is between you and the rest of us isn't as large as you think. You are far more human than most we have met. You can change and adapt as we can. You just need to have the same faith in yourself as you are showing for me.