[His eyes widened ever so slightly, but he relaxed his gaze as the screen came to life and showed his plane on a carrier in some inlet.] Gundam? [He tried to make the word sound foreign, but it just rolled too easily off his tongue.] He sounds like a strong person. [Yet the man hadn't cared for her. He frowned a little at the thought.] ...would you have gone through it, knowing all that? [He had a feeling she might, but he felt compelled to know.]
[He shrugged a shoulder, but there was no feeling behind it. Lockon's voice was soft, and not dismissive.] It's not a big deal. I'm just glad we enjoyed it. [...we? He quickly hit the throttle, taking control of the plane with the flight stick, and focusing on the take-off. It was wobbly, but he managed to not take off the to of a tall building as he turned away from the runway.]