Regression

[over_under_being]

[Following the fight with Anticross, a certain alien is not leaving her cockpit-equivalent.

But don't worry, not before long the crystal forehead opens and Texotic plops to the ground. A miserable-looking Texotic.]

I... never felt more powerless in my life. It's as if whatever I could do didn't matter.

How am I supposed to destroy threats to Earth, feeling like this? Hope in others to do it for me?

[And hope she did feel in the big finale, but still...]

Hope, despair, all human emotions are too strong. I didn't ask for this.

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[whitedevilbot]

There's a lot of things we don't ask for in life. And Fate doesn't always deal us a kind hand.

[...Though on the note of kind hands, Amuro reaches out with his, hoping to lightly pat Tex's back.]

Guess things have been weighing down on you lately, huh?

[over_under_being]

I am here for one reason only. To fight, kill, save the Earth. If I can't do that then...

Fate. What is fate, even?

[whitedevilbot]

An expression. Some see it as a predetermined path from which we cannot waver as we head into the future. With what I just said, its more just how things actually play out...

Doesn't stop it being a harsh mistress though. But for all the bad days, we have our good ones as well... I'm fairly certain there are people out there who owe you their lives.

1/2

[over_under_being]

Yes, there was the hostage, but.

But she almost died anyway. Everyone almost died! We were so close to losing everything, and only because of that... that...

[Trying to find a term for a deus ex machina, fittingly enough.]

Strange being interfering out of nowhere that saved us. If it wasn't for that we'd all be dead now!

2/2

[over_under_being]

And that's... scary.

I was afraid. I... I think I still am afraid.

[gurrenbrigbonded]

"Did not ask for what?" Matthew asks while passing by, tired and worn from the fight against the Destroyer Robos and...other things.

[over_under_being]

Those... human emotions. They are always too overwhelming.

[gurrenbrigbonded]

"Are they?" Matthew asks, bemused. "I had assumed that emotions were more or less the same among most sentient beings..."

[over_under_being]

Over Being don't have them. Emotions are a physical thing, and we have no bodies.

[2000_skills]

Being human isn't the easiest thing out there.

[Yusuke looks down at the girl]

And having to deal with that lack of power is just one of those hardships...but you can't give up that easily.

[over_under_being]

I don't want to give up.
And I'm not a human.

[2000_skills]

Oh...man I really need to work on noticing those things...

[over_under_being]

My body is almost perfectly identical to that of a normal human. If you didn't notice then it means it's working.

[saikyocivrobo]

In the end we achieved our goal, and wouldn't be able to do it without you. And that's what matters.

...That's from a purely rational standpoint, at least. But aside from that, I can understand how you feel. But I'm afraid that comes with the territory of fighting for justice.

[over_under_being]

I have the Pilhua, at least. Most humans have nothing like that.
How do you live, knowing that such terrible things exist and can extinguish you easily?

[saikyocivrobo]

There are dozens of ways you can die at almost any moment. A lamp could fall on your head. An oven could explode in your head. A giant monster could eat you.

Most of them have such low chance of happening that there's no point worrying about them. Just live your life, and when something endangers it or the lives of others, fight that thing. Sometimes it will hurt, sometimes it will drive you to despair. And sometimes, you might not succeed. But that's better than giving up without even trying, and dying.

[bulletwithgundamwings]

[[Why you flop on the floor in front of a Gundam pilot? Isn't that the worst timing.]]

If that's how you feel, then leave it to the people who can do it. You have no obligation to fight our battles for us.

[[Very serious and not even forgiving.]]

[over_under_being]

I... can't do that!
If I let villains ravage Earth, then what am I here for?

[bulletwithgundamwings]

That's a good question, isn't it?

What can you do? You're too weak, and you can't handle the pressure.

[[Maybe he's just pointing out her flaws. Or maybe he's trying to help her realize something.]]

[alwaysmyturn]

Tixy!

[Neptune sighs in relief when the alien finally exits the Pilhua. She'll lend you a hand if you need one.]

Phew...I thought something happened to you, too...Richie and Ray are missing, and we don't need more people going poof on us.

[Or being possibly dead. But she doesn't mention that.]

Emotions? Come to think of it, you did mention something like that before...

[over_under_being]

I did? I don't remember... but it sounds likely.

[Texotic does not lack physical strength to get up, mental power on the other hand... so the hand is accepted.]

I know. I know about Richard.

[alwaysmyturn]

Well, as long as you don't end up like he did...wherever he is...

[Back to that emotion thing before this ends up in baww...]

Sure you did, right before I left for a bit!

Having emotions is what being human's all about. That's what I told you back then, remember?

[chozo_girl]

It is the price of any true sentience, and its power. Emotions may vary between minds, but their existence is what defines them.

[Gah, where did Samus come from.]

[over_under_being]

My race does not have emotions... I think.
Are they not sentient then?

[chozo_girl]

From what I can see, your people are stunted. Shadows that style themselves kings of beings they cannot even begin to comprehend.

You are beginning to be able to do so. And so you become greater than any of them, much as it may hurt for now. What will you do with it?