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They'll just come back anyway, so what's the point?

That's so convenient, Aristeas online again right after an arguably capital crime occurs. Nothing is permanent here, is it?

Why are you so worked up about it? We're alive, right?

I just thought we were doing a lot of productive work, and had an atmosphere of cooperation, but, no, nobody has lifted a finger, that was all imaginary.

I'm not sure if we should even try to go on mission in this climate.

Are you done feeling sorry for yourself yet?

[Dammit, she gets enough of this with Shinji. And herself.]

Yes.

I guess it will be a while before we can do anything ourselves anyway. I know your birthday is coming up so if you have plans that would be out of course...

Wait, you know about my birthday?

The same way I knew you had a degree. Kano's a friend of mine so my response to his survey post was filtered, unrelated.

Wait, what survey po-?

[Oh, right.]

...oh. Well, uh, great, I guess. I'm turning sixteen!

I've been working on your gift. I hope you'll like it.

You're getting me something-?

[Wait, not the right attitude.]

Well, you didn't have to, but I'm flattered anyway!

Yes, I do. We are friends, right?

[Spoken like someone with trust issues]

Well, yeah!

[But she honestly doesn't expect half the people around her to care. Low self-esteem ahoy.]

[HEALTHY RELATIONSHIPS: AN INTERMEDIATE COURSE]

So I'm obligated, that's that. At least you'd have an excuse if it were the other way around - nobody here knows my birthday.

[The healthiest.]

Well, I certainly don't. What is it?

[Hesitation-- the first time she has said this out loud]

The twenty-sixth.

Of?

[She tries the syllable out. You can almost hear the smile in her voice.]

This [space] month, actually. [People do not smile in their voices around her very often, what are you doing Asuka!!]

Well, now I'm going to have to get you something!

Oh, my, I have fallen into the classic Soryu trap.

[She feels faintly like she is having a human friendship fever.]

...the only problem is that we're on the moon.

That does complicate things. It took me a while to come up with some way around that - taking the economical route, a digital i...tem. [The inflection is weird because she was going to say "items".] There are some people around here who barter items... alternately if the new scouting mission comes back with positive results we might not be on the moon at all anymore. That would be great so it's probably not true.

Eh, I'll figure out something. Don't worry about it.

Thanks so much in advance, Asuka.

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