"Who are you and how can I believe… wait- are you-"

Andersen quickly waved her hand, stopping Karavan from saying something unnecessary.

[You want to know how to recover the connection?]

"…uh, yeah."

[There is a way. We can't do it here though…]

She glanced at the fighting scene. Karavan realized what she meant. They had to go through the battlefield to get to where they needed to go.

[Let's look for a chance to…]

Move. But she couldn't finish as Jaehwan began unleas.h.i.+ng world energy. Jaehwan was walking towards the battlefield. Andersen looked at him dumbfoundedly for a few seconds and ran out to grab his shoulder.

[Hey- don't you dare.]

"That Machinthing is a Gigantes after all, right?"

Andersen bit her lip. No, she thought she bit her lip, but the Gigantes she was now inhabiting did not have lips.

She had expected Jaehwan to do such a thing, but she was frustrated at him for doing such a thing at this time.

[In this situation, you still…]

Her voice stopped and Jaehwan's memories flashed within her. It was a certain feeling that only she, who knew Jaehwan the best, could feel.

It was very like him. This choice was definitely something that Jaehwan would make.

But...

[…I knew this all along, but you're reckless.]

Jaehwan did not answer and instead turned to look at somewhere far away. Andersen then saw a small boy within Jaehwan — an innocent boy who still had not given up on his dream. He did not know what was possible or not, so he kept on trying to achieve his goal.

Andersen was then struck with a thought. Ever since she had abandoned 'presence' to become a G.o.ddess, it was the first time she felt such a thing. Then she accepted her realization.

This innocent man. Yes. Maybe it was good to have this kind of man around. Maybe everything would eventually…

A golden light began to s.h.i.+ne from Jaehwan.

"I will fight. I need to get at least one smack on his face."

[…Yeah. Right. That is you.]

Why?

For the first time, Andersen answered something entirely different from her will.

"I'm counting on you."

With those words, Jaehwan charged toward Machina.

Coming back to this decision, he made the right choice. Because of this, Jaehwan and others eventually were allowed to get out of the Hatchnold disaster. However, Jaehwan did not know what he would lose as a result of his choice.

Sometimes, innocence required the help of others to be protected.

When someone needed innocence, there had to be someone who could withstand the bottom of innocence. It would be a very long time later that Jaehwan would realize this.