[In the previous weeks, all Hajime learned assured him how little he knew. He couldn't claim to know anything about anything these days. All he had to go on was what he'd seen... but he couldn't deny the reality of what he hadn't.

Zero scared him, in a lot of ways. Probably not as many as he should. Still, all he'd seen of the reploid, directly before him and amongst the people he cared about, had been in defending what was right.

Hajime twisted his leg slightly, testing the knee. It was a nigh imperceptible shift, at this stage, but it was better.]

You need some balancing out, after all.