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Somehow I get the sense that this is the moment SEED Mode comes on for all three and we cut to a scene in red, with the three of them slowly seeing Ayre become a material "person".

Kira: <<A voice. Rita? Ericht? No...you're new. Unfamiliar.>>

Ayre: <<I am Ayre. You are...Kira Yamato. Athrun Zala. Shinn Asuka.>>

Athrun: <<You know who we are?>>

Ayre: <<All too well.>>

Shinn: <<No bleeping way. Kira-san was right to run the SRW Protocol.>>

Athrun: <<How can you recognize us in one look?>>

Ayre: <<Every word said about you three matches everything that has been said in the centuries before.>>

Kira: <<Does it mean that you know how our story ends?>>

Ayre: <<And the fact that you chose to end it where you did.>>

Shinn: <<So what if you know? Is that why you sent us here?>>

Athrun: <<If she's even the one who called for us. Let's not go that far. But it doesn't mean you're in the clear, Ayre.>>

Ayre: <<Then what do you propose as a way that I can win your trust?>>

Kira: <<First: do us no harm. Second: Be forthright and honest. Third: help us deal with the problems in front of us.>>

Athrun: <<And realize that you're in a two-way street. If you can hear our thoughts, you are as naked as us.>>

Ayre: <<I shall comply, Commander.>>

Shinn: <<Wow, Kira, she addressed you by rank!>>

Kira: <<It's too early to placate me like that. But it's fine. We'll treat you like an NCO for now. How quickly can you familiarize yourself with the GUNDAM system?>>

Ayre: <<As soon as I am granted access.>>

Shinn: <<You sure, Kira? She might fudge with our settings.>>

Kira: <<She won't. Part of her existence is tied to our rigs now. It will hurt her cause much more if she goes rogue.>>

Athrun: <<Whatever her intentions are, she cannot act on her own. Only through us.>>

Ayre: <<Commander Athrun is correct.>>

Kira: <<So I'm designating you as Weapons System Oversight. Your first orders are to survey enemy capabilities and lighten our combat workload. Just as you did with Balteus.>>

Ayre: <<Yes, sir.>>

Athrun: <<You say you know us from history. We believe you know even more than that. So here's a word of advice: don't push you luck in doing anything that wastes the trust we gave to you. We can easily find a way to cut you off as fast as you let yourself in.>>

Ayre: <<I understand.>>

Shinn: <<He's right. Don't mistake gentleness for leniency.>>

Kira: <<Thanks for that. Now, Ayre. Our first question: what do you want out of us three?>>

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Quotes before the final blow on BALTEUS:

Kira: <<HiMAT Burst active, single-target saturation. This one's proof of our power!>>

Shinn: <<I've seen way worse, you unmanned tin can! BRING IT!>>

Athrun: <<This thing's about to see what our Gundams are truly made of!>>

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