human jaegers, man

[cherno]

Do you find it strange? We are machines. I am a machine. Mankind's Gods did not create me, but mankind itself. The closest being I can call my god may be Doctor Gottlieb. The closest we have to family is one another and.. our pilots.

I am old. I feel old. Perhaps it was time. I only.. wish that.. I might have saved them.

At least they may find some afterlife together.

Comments

[charger_knight]

I have heard of your pilots.

[cherno]

Who has not? My pilots are among the very best of the best.

[charger_knight]

Their record is impressive. I have studied their fights intensively. I suppose that also means I have studied yours.

[cherno]

We are Russian. Hard to kill.

[charger_knight]

I hope to be as hard to kill. [And there was a touch of respect in his usually-neutral voice.]

[cherno]

Give every fight every ounce of your strength and perhaps you shall be. Hold nothing back.

[charger_knight]

Yes. That is how my lead pilot fights.

ugh

[sevenout]

Don't sound so down, doll.

U G H

[cherno]

Do I sound down?

gosshhh

[sevenout]

Don't exactly sound up.

[cherno]

I think perhaps this is how I always sound.

[sevenout]

All that talk of lettin' people down and being old? I don't remember your pilots being so gloomy.

[cherno]

No, my pilots were not. .. Perhaps I am sad.

[hardhousehitter]

It was not your fault, Cherno. You gave us all you had. It is no shame to go down fighting.

[cherno]

I still wish that I could have saved you both. It was my duty to be your shield and your sword.

[hardhousehitter]

And it was ours to wield you, little one. As a character from TV said: "Sometimes you do everything right, and still lose. That is not failure . . . that is life." In ideal world, we would not have lost you, and you would not have lost us. But in ideal world, there are no kaiju, hmm?

[Come here and have a hug, Cherno.]

[cherno]

[ aaaa mama bear, she can't be a big tough jaeger big sister around you. you are now getting seriously cuddled. ]

At least it's all over, now. And at least we can be here together.