They're not going to split up. I won't let them. I'm going to make them sit down and talk about it, whether they like it or not. They've had arguments before, it'll be fine. Motoko and I will put him back together, and then we'll make them talk. The others need to stop fighting, too.

After all, the negative impact of divorce on a family can be terrible. For one, everyone involved automatically has a far shorter life expectancy. There's a greater chance of mental illness, too. There's positive correlations between divorce and rates of cancer, stroke, heart problems, arthritis, all kinds of diseases. Even AIDS. It is quite simply irresponsible!

...and I. I don't want to have to choose one over the other. I hardly see them as it is.

There were several things noticeably wrong with the way Tieria woke up. First, that he was lying down, on solid earth, rather than floating peacefully in zero-g. Second, that he was staring up at the sky. Thirdly, and most importantly, he couldn't feel his arm. However, instead of the more serious issue of the arm being missing, it was instead under a large weight. A large, Setsuna-shaped weight.

((Follow on from this.))