Second Phase

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After the White Doll awakens mission.

[1]
[Loran is on the ground and dealing with the news that Mr. Heim is dead, the casualties to the town he came to recognize as his home were severe. There was no way console the mistress and now he finds himself walking through Nocis city after the fires have been put out, quite depressed about the whole thing and muttering to himself.]

Why would they have opened fire like that? I don't understand.
Surely she wouldn't have approved this.

[He looks between the wreckage and the White Chalice. Something tells me his easy days were over.]

[2]
[The white haired volunteer that was scurrying around days before? Not so much this time. Now he stands in the White Chalice hanger, gripping a tablet manual and staring at the White Doll- the others said it was a Gundam. So that makes him a pilot now doesn't it?]

This isn't going to work.
Just shipping me off...but of course he's not gonna' listen to me.
...White Doll. I know it's not your fault.

[Guess who got traded for the sake of his town's safety.]

Comments

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[leftjoker]

Loran. [Hey, remember this guy?] It looks like you're stuck with us for a while longer.

I'm sorry about Mr. Heim. He sounded like a pleasant person.

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Oh. Hello, Shotaro.

[le sigh]

He was a kind man. I don't know what I would have done if he hadn't picked me up two years ago.

[leftjoker]

[Nods] I had someone like that too, once. Sokichi Narumi. He was the man who taught me how to be a detective. Even though he died a few years ago... [He shakes his head] It's painful to think about it, to be honest.

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...I'm really worried about the Missus though.

[leftjoker]

Mr. Heim's family?

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Yes. They were all quite distraught, but the Missus was ... I don't know if she'll ever be able to accept it.

[leftjoker]

... The missus, what kind of person is she? [Whoa, where was this coming from?]

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I actually didn't spend a lot of time with her. But knowing the other family members I know she must also share their understanding.

[depressed]

I can only imagine what she's going through because of the Moonrace.

[leftjoker]

[File away the 'Moonrace' bit for later.] When Oya-san, Sokichi, died, it happened in the middle of a battle, and I saw every moment. I felt a lot of emotions at that point, but there was one thing that stuck with me more than anything else that kept me going through the battle, and that was an intense hatred for the people who took him away from me. [he sighs.] That hatred can destroy a person, Loran. I was able to let go, but I can't speak for your missus.

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I see....I don't think anyone can.