[Athrun, on the other hand, was more willing to consider Enterprise as something more than a stranger. Which is why he doesn't mind bringing up what he's about to bring up.]

It's entirely possible she knows the significance of today for me. That much of my personnel files should be declassified, so she definitely could have read up on it. Or she was paying close enough attention to the news.

[He shrugs.]

The truth is, well...today is the anniversary of my mother's death. She was on Junius Seven when...

[He trails off, though it probably doesn't need to be said. The use of nuclear weapons, especially against a civilian target, would have been a big deal anywhere in the world.]