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~Secret Heliopolis Military Base~

"Alright, time to turn on this mobile suit's phase shift armor. I sure hope it's not red," Athrun thought.

He flipped the switch.

"Aw, poop. I hope this doesn't become a recurring theme."

~In the Cockpit of the Strike~

Murrue stared in awe as Kira successfully dodged the enemy's attack and countered it. "How did you-"

"I've played a lot of video games," Kira interrupted.

"Yeah, but-"

"A lot." Kira was at this point leaning over her, fiddling with the controls. "Geez, this console sucks!" Murrue blinked. This seemed like a strange way to refer to the controls of a military mobile suit, but the kid seemed to know what he was doing. Unfortunately, the enemy mobile suit was recovering quickly.

Kira sighed. "Okay, so I know you're a military person and all, but you clearly have no idea how to play this game, so could you move?"

"Yeah… this isn't a game…" she said, as Kira pushed her out of the way. "This is a real battle. If you don't take this seriously, we could both die–"

"Awesome, once you update the OS, this is just like that video game I played that one time with Ath– someone…" he finished shiftily.

Murrue sighed. "You're not even listening, are you?"

Kira blinked at her. "Sorry, did you say something?" he asked.

"You know what, just never mind," she said exasperatedly, hoping in her head that she wouldn't have to spend too much longer with this obviously ADD civilian.

~Meanwhile, in the Aegis~

"This is totally like that video game I played with Kira! Awesome," Athrun exclaimed joyfully, fiddling with the controls.

~In the Cockpit of the Strike. Again.~

Kira moved the Strike backwards, narrowly avoiding the explosion from Miguel's self-destructing mobile suit.

"Whoa! That was close," said Kira, shocked. "If that had been any closer, I could have died! I mean, I probably wouldn't actually die, but, you know, still…"

Murrue sighed. This kid sure did whine a lot.

~Gathered 'Round the Strike~

"Gimme a break. I mean, you had Kira driving it only a moment ago," Tolle grumbled.

Murrue pointed the gun at him. "We will never speak of that again," she said coldly.

Tolle rolled his eyes. "You're just jealous that Kira's better at piloting it than you."

Kira laughed victoriously. "Learn to play, n00b!"

Murrue sighed. She seemed to be doing that a lot lately.