[Lockon doesn't shy away, of course, but he had apparently stopped walking at one point and not realized it.] I haven't had many chances to consider the hypothetical, Lacus. Our work demanded absolute confidence in our skills, and a will to succeed. There was no room for doubt if we were really going to set out and change the direction the world was headed in.
[His gaze landed on the house he had stopped in front of, but he wasn't looking over its structure; he was staring at the flowers in the small garden it had out front. He's seen those red petals before...]