LogFAQs > #916996188

Anyway, now it's time to go back and inject the Radical-6. Q's reasoning this time is that regardless of whether Zero is psychic or not, there are two variables: whether or not they're infected with FBR, and whether or not they inject themselves with Radical-6. Obviously, if the answer to both questions is yes, or if it's no to both, they'll be fine. But if it's yes to the first alone, there's a 100% chance that they die of FBR, whereas if it's yes to the second alone, Radical-6 only has a 75% mortality rate. So not injecting it has only a 50% chance of survival, while injecting it has a 62.5% chance. They're back in the lounge...Mira says that Eric's laugh is kind of strange. He says it's a bad habit he's had since he was a kid. He talks about his childhood. But he says his childhood was totally normal. Kind mom, clumsy dad, annoying little brother. Flashback to Chris and Eric fighting. Their mom says that no matter how painful things get, you should never forget to smile, because smiles have a strange power and can make everyone else around you happy too. This seems so damn banal, and nothing at all like the traumatic past...oh. Dad changed when they lost Mom. The abusive father from the other flashbacks, that's from after Mom died. "Don't cry. Don't get mad. Always be sure to smile." But he was always angry. So Eric started smiling all the time, no matter how unhappy he was. Even after Dad fell ill and died. He has two smiles, the one taught by his Mom and the one forced by his Dad, and they got kind of mixed up. He's afraid of ending up like his father, but it was no use. The worst part of him came to the front after they got trapped there. Q says Eric never mentioned having a little brother, and Eric says that yeah, about Q's age. Q interprets that in that he's that age now, and wonders if they'd be friends. Eric tries to change the subject. He's sorry for turning the mood dark. Mira finds this funny. A joke. But listening to it was a lot of fun. Q wonders how that was a "joke". Oh, her inability to understand proper emotions is coming out. And now she's stabbed Eric in the back with the scalpel. She's laughing as she advances on Q. Is this Radical-6, or just Mira's crazy?

Huh, C-Team's last fragment has an interesting name, too. "Ambidex." They're in the nuclear reactor room. 00:10. We find out that Maria is 22 years old. She's been in the hospital for...ten years?

Meanwhile, it's been ten years that Akane wanted to be able to say that to Junpei. Carlos again suggests Junpei is Akane's boyfriend, which Junpei denies. Heh, if this is one year after 999, then Junpei and Akane should be 22, as well. Carlos apologizes for making things awkward. And already time for the escape sequence...but I think I should probably call it a night.
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