Lockon Stratos.
Tieria Erde.
Allelujah Haptism.
Sumeragi Lee Noriega.
Lasse Aeon.
Ian Vashti.
Christina Sierra.
Wang Liu Mei.
Setsuna F. Seiei always referred to people by their full name. If not, he'd just use non-committals like "you" or "them." He did this to distance himself. He didn't want to get attached to his comrades, hoping to feel nothing when they inevitably met their end.
His comrades always ended up that way. The young Kurdish boy named Soran Ibrahim had lost many friends; others who had answered the call of 'God' and fought for 'His' sake. No matter how suicidal the mission seemed, they all believed that they were righteous and had God's protection.
Soran had tried to stop a few of them from going. He begged them not to leave, for they would surely meet their demise. But it was futile. He had just been knocked away and accused of being a non-believer. Afterwards, that man would inform them that their comrade had sacrificed himself for the sake of 'God.'
Running around the battlefield littered with the bodies of his friends, Soran couldn't bear the sight of their faces contorted by death. Where was this 'God' to protect them?
Everyone Setsuna knew died, so he thought it best to not get involved with them on a personal level. However, recently he had begun to waver.
All because of one Feldt Grace.
Setsuna was unable to forget her kindness. By all rights he was a monster, yet she still gently embraced him. He just couldn't understand why. It had made him feel something he had never felt before. It was some kind of warm, fuzzy feeling in his chest.
He felt that he didn't want her to let go.
Setsuna wondered why he didn't try to fight it. Shouldn't he have pushed her away like all the others?
But then he realised it. There was no God, but there was Gundam. Setsuna was a Gundam Meister. He was no longer the powerless child running scared on the battlefield. He might not be able to protect everyone yet, but with the Exia, at the very least, he should be able to protect one girl. He didn't want to lose the warmth she provided him.
That would be the start. Setsuna decided that he would also fight so he didn't have to lose any more comrades. He decided that it was ok to get a little closer.
"Ah! Good morning, Setsuna."
"Good morning, Feldt."