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>Astionage:...It has no legs.
>Emary: Legs serve very little purpose in Zero-G, despite the insistence of their importance to AMBAC. The additional boosters will allow it speed beyond its projected performance. Now, has the pilot been given the data for the simulator to adjust themselves to its-
>Judau: Yo. Over here. Were the controls realigned for the size requirements?
>Emary: I mean no offense, but it would be far to cramped for a pilot to fit inside with what was-
>Asherah: It is for my size.

Seeing Asherah behind Judau, Emary immediately forgets her professionalism as moves to her knees, opening her arms up for the girl to hold her.

>Asherah: I-I am not that needy...
>Emary: You scared me to death when you ran off! Being Brights child, of course you were always meant for greatness...but I was just so afraid of never seeing you again...!

Floating into Emary's embrace, Asherah rubs her hair against Emary's cheek. Snapping out of her affectionate trance, Emary realizes the implications of the S-Gundam being adjusted for Asherah's shape.

>Emary: You?! Your piloting it?! Absolutely not!
>Asherah: Miss Ounce, I have been shown how to pilot. If you look at the results I achieved with Judau, I can handle myself out there.
>Judau: I'll be keeping an eye on her.
>Emary: She...she is a baby-
>Judau: Yet everyone is fine with her sitting on the bridge of a floating target in space? No matter what, she is in this.

Taking Command over the Nahel Argama, Emma tries to keep Elpeo calm as she grows increasingly frustrated with Judau's growing closeness to the girl that had afflicted her with the creeping and unsettling emotions she now struggles with.

>Torres: Emma, we have a situation. Its Axis...Dozle Zabi was murdered in some kind of coup-
>Emma: Torres!
>Torres: Huh? Oh, hell...kid, I didn't-
>Elpeo: Daddy is...dead? No...!

Moving out from her seat, Emma leads Elpeo out the hallway to comfort her, even as Elpeo tries to pull away out of concern.