Yuma fell to his knees just like that on the floor. "I know…" he said in a trembling voice holding both anger and longing in his chest. "I understand. I—I just want to see Ivy again, just for once…"
"Hey," Hyker said to Yuma without taking his eyes off him. "Don't be pessimistic, my friend. We might be able to take your lover back."
"Are you crazy?!" said Pical half in disbelief at the words of their main pilot. "Facing those twenty big ships? Just us?"
"Why not?" Hyker snorted with a lopsided smile.
The thought of annoyance over Marimar's death, which of course had everything to do with the incitement of the Federation's people, made Hyker a little reckless.
"Dead is dead," Hyker continued. "What have you got to be afraid of, man?"
"Don't talk nonsense, Hyker," said the captain. "Hey," he said again to Yuma. "Find a seat for yourself or you will harm us all!"
