[Lockon's own smile, small as it was, dimmed again at that. He couldn't imagine what that last battle had been like for them, down one Gundam and facing what was likely to have been all of the remaining suits - the most powerful enemy suit they'd faced. After all, they'd been retreating when he'd followed them, and they wouldn't be stupid enough to try again without a full force. However many that would have been, it would certainly have outnumbered Celestial Being. The last time they'd faced odds so stacked against them, they'd needed the Thrones to rescue them.

He'd seen first-hand the damage to Exia's cockpit. It really was no wonder they weren't smiling.]

I guess not.

[He paused, just for a moment. We needed you, Tieria'd said. At the edge of hearing, I needed you. Setsuna's blaming of himself - morale must have been at an all-time low.]

And...at least part of that is my fault, huh.