(in turn, blob seems to enjoy the attention, body undulating. form of communication or just plain silliness, shiro's unsure.)

I really don't know why they'd try so hard to hire recruits just to watch them suffer, but to each his own. (dry as he is, it's what he's always wondered. even his own government employs their soldiers and pilots like tools. shiro guesses it's the same everywhere—and what can anyone do about that?)

You must be getting pretty homesick by now, huh.