[video] backdated just a biiiiit

[no_objections]

[+1 to the late-to-the-event party but THAT'S OKAY this blonde teenaged militarily-dressed lady doesn't have much to say, but it is undoubtedly important. In fact, how this important factoid seems to have slipped by everyone's minds seems to utterly boggle her.]

I'll make this quick since I wouldn't want anyone to waste my time.

[Yes all this... time-travel business was jarring and important but this is unacceptable. She crosses her arms.]

Why are there so many dragons here?

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[imusntrunaway]

[He's really reluctant to admit this, but...]

I, um. Talked to one. It seemed quite... tame?

[no_objections]

[SHINJI HOW COULD YOU... She makes a face, something between surprise and disgust, though it's very brief.]

Tame? It didn't try to eat you or shoot fire or energy beams out of its mouth at you or anything?

[imusntrunaway]

[HE THOUGHT IT WOULD DO THOSE THINGS WHEN HE FIRST SAW IT.]

... no. It was over the network.

[no_objections]

No threats? No growls or snarls or mocking?

[imusntrunaway]

It was reasonable for something that shouldn't exist.

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[ofgoldenfoil]

[ Really, you are breaking his heart here. :( ]

[ not here ]

[imusntrunaway]

[You broke his fragile worldview first! Fair game dragon >8T]

[no_objections]

[Samus is vaguely aware that there are different folks from different time periods and ergo different view points, but it takes a moment for her to wrap her head around that in the example of not believing in a creature she knows to typically be so foul.

There's a small sigh of relent, almost somber.]

Lots of things exist that probably shouldn't. Even man-made ones.

[imusntrunaway]

[That comment makes him think of the Angels, of Evangelion. He answers with a neutral tone.]

It can't be helped. That's how the world is. A person simply has to avoid dealing with such things.

[no_objections]

No, there's some things you can't avoid. You have to brave and face them, no matter how scary.

[Easier said than done, of course. Bravado is her coping mechanism at this age.]

[imusntrunaway]

[It's good advice that he's heard over and over again. He's tired of hearing it, even if it's been entrenched into his psyche.]

Like the dragons?

[no_objections]

Yeah. [She averts her eyes, willing with all her might to keep undesired mental imagery of a particularly nasty personal space dragon at bay.] Like him.

[Er...]

The dragons.

[imusntrunaway]

[Her discomfort is obvious but, luckily, Shinji isn't the type to pry into private matters.]

... you could file a complaint. Or ask them to stay away.

[no_objections]

[STARING. AT SHINJI. With intense frowning action did you seriously just say that...]

That's not an option.

[imusntrunaway]

I don't think you'd be allowed to... fight them either.