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[neraiutsu.livejournal.com]

Neil is sitting on the roof of the bunker, wearing a brown sweater with white stripes, eating a pear.

It's a nice day out: clear skies, no snow, chill but not too cold. That explains why he's not in the warm cosy kitchen.

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[neraiutsu.livejournal.com]

"Similar how?"

[iluitu.livejournal.com]

"Aside from the color scheme," Anew makes her point by waving her hand in the Gundam's direction as she speaks, "The structure itself is very similar to the model that I have seen. That is why it piqued my interest~"

[neraiutsu.livejournal.com]

Colour scheme?

...He just had an idea, and he's not sure he likes it.

"What year are you from?"

[iluitu.livejournal.com]

And she isn't sure if it's a good idea to answer that honestly.

But...

"2311."

[neraiutsu.livejournal.com]

Four years ahead.

"I have a twin brother," Neil says, slowly.

"His name is Lyle."

[iluitu.livejournal.com]

So he did catch her slip-up.

"So you are Lyle's brother...?" There's a twinge of surprise in her voice and she just sort of stares across to him for a few moments.

[neraiutsu.livejournal.com]

"Yeah." He tries for a casual tone, and mostly fails. "How do you know him?"

[iluitu.livejournal.com]

"We worked together back home," she says reluctantly, looking away from him, "We were close."

[neraiutsu.livejournal.com]

"Worked together where?"

[iluitu.livejournal.com]

Another delicate issue.

"We were colleagues... With the..." She is clearly having a bit of a problem coming up with something on the spot-- which could be either a huge flaw or just amusing.

[neraiutsu.livejournal.com]

If she's not going to finish that sentence, he's not going to finish it for her.

[iluitu.livejournal.com]

How is she going to fix this...?

"It's complicated. Though, I am sure that you may already have something of a clue if you have been paying attention to the information as closely as I think you have."

[neraiutsu.livejournal.com]

He smiles.

Lightly: "Who, me?"

[iluitu.livejournal.com]

"I would like to think that you have been listening."

[neraiutsu.livejournal.com]

"And you haven't given me a whole lot of information."

And he's not willing to be completely open about the conclusions he's drawn from it. Being a member of Celestial Being is a suspicious game, or it can be. Neil had thought he'd left that all behind when he came to this world, but apparently not.