Char's Counterattack (Prologue)

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Father... can you see what your dream has become?

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(Zeon Zum Deikun... your vision of humanity evolving beyond Earth. I'm still carrying it forward.)

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The Zabis twisted your ideology, claimed your legacy... and I destroyed them for it.

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Yet here I am, still wearing this mask, still fighting your war.

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Lalah... you were proof that Newtypes could lead humanity forward. Your understanding transcended our physical limitations.

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(And Amuro took you away... just as Earth keeps taking everything pure from space.)

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I tried the path of diplomacy. My speech at Dakar fell on deaf ears. The Federation continues to suffocate space.

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AEUG's vision died with Blex. With Kamille's mind. With every idealist who believed change could come peacefully.

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They call me the Red Comet, but I've become something else entirely. Not Casval Deikun. Not Quattro Bajeena.

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(I am becoming the catalyst that will force humanity to evolve.)

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Haman twisted your ideology too, Father. Used your daughter as a puppet for her ambitions.

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Everyone corrupts your dream to serve their own ends. Everyone except me.

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The weight of Earth binds humanity to its cradle. They'll never leave willingly.

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Sometimes a parent must be cruel to force a child to grow. I will be that necessary cruelty.

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Amuro... old friend, old enemy. You'll try to stop me, won't you?

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(I'm not destroying the world. I'm saving it from itself. One day, they'll understand.)