Cagalli clenched her hands tightly, her eyes blurred with tears as she looked at Cagalli on the Communication Screen. "But wouldn't this just make Orb become what it used to be again? Wouldn't Orb's people be displaced, everyone forced to sacrifice, everyone forced to sacrifice? Looking back now, what were we fighting for two years ago? Wouldn't all our efforts have been for nothing?"
Hearing Cagalli's words, Kira fell silent as well. The changes in the world were far too drastic and strange, leaving people unable to see the way forward, as though an unseen hand were controlling everything from behind the scenes, driving the war between the Alliance and ZAFT. Xiao Ran's appearance had also been far too coincidental, as though everything had been prepared in advance. Even though Kira believed Xiao Ran was not the hidden hand behind the war, he still could not understand why Xiao Ran had appeared only after Cagalli left, taken control of Orb through such forceful means, and then declared war on the Alliance.
The Alliance's enemy was ZAFT. Did Orb's war against the Alliance have something to do with ZAFT and PLANT as well? Especially when connected to Lacus's assassination attempt, Kira did not want to make things so complicated, but the facts forced him to think more deeply.
At that moment, Lacus appeared on their communication screen. She was seated in a CIC Seat on the bridge, wearing a headset. She gave them both a slight smile before speaking. "No matter what, amid the world's current chaos, neither your choice nor his choice can keep Orb outside it. Fighting for your own sovereignty and being forced to fight because of concessions may lead to the same result, but Cagalli, one is conviction. Even if you die in battle, you die for