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>Leina: Brother, can you please just listen to me for once? You are being so stubborn, staying in that Mobile Suit-
>Judau: The big guy and me have done just fine together. Even more so than the Zeta did for me.
>Leina: Judau, you are sounding like a little kid when you talk like that. Its a robot-
>Judau: I prefer any girls who talk to me to have a real heartbeat. I'll be fine without that "ALICE" thing course correcting me all the time.
>Leina:...Are you sure?
>Judau: Yeah, I am sure abo-
>Leina: Are you absolutely sure? So sure that there is not even a sliver of doubt taking a safer, smarter option?
>Judau: Uh, Leina...can we move this away from-
>Leina: See, your not sure at all! If you would just listen to me more, you could keep yourself from getting put in harms-

Picking up Leina, Judau motions over to Asherah and the others to wait as he carries her to recreational room to hold onto her.

>Judau: Leina-
>Leina: Your just being dumb...
>Judau: We do this every time...but if you want the same assurance as always...

Pulling Leina into a hug, Judau waits for his younger sister to cling onto him.

>Judau: I swear that I will live until the day everyone here can finally travel away from the Earth. Hell, i'll live until they are settled on a new world to call their own.
>Leina: *Sniff*...why not just give me something I can actually believe-
>Judau: I'll do it, you know. A hundred years, two hundred, five hundred...i'll find a way to live as long as I need to.

Meanwhile, Asherah can feel Judau's feelings and thoughts flowing through her. As she considers his desires, she wonders if there may be another alternative to Judau's dream of leaving the Solar System aboard Olam Ha-Ba when its experimental systems are finally completed for deep-space travel. Despite the silent love Judau feels for the younger Newtypes of Olam Ha-Ba, Asherah remains concerned of the lingering hate Judau has formed for the rest of the world.