"I do remember. I mean to say that despite everything else, some might find it worth staying for, deal or no deal." Whether or not they have the will to resist it makes no difference to Angelo; the end result is what matters. There are plenty of people here who are happy enough with their lives. "The town certainly know how to play up both sides."

The ordinary and the nightmarish. In Angelo's case he just dislikes everything about the town. Not being in space, not being with his Captain, being stuck in the suburbs pretending to be something he's not - he's sure everyone is suffering it in some way but Angelo has never been on Earth in any way, shape or form, and being weighed down by gravity is the worst. It calls to mind Char Aznable when he thought about destroying the world. Or, well. Resetting it.

That this is how Earth will be introduced to him is fitting. It bolsters all the decades of Neo Zeon propaganda in his head. Not the supernatural aspects of it of course, but more of the nightmarish nature of the place that keeps them hostage here. None of which, of course, is for polite company to hear. Angelo eats his meal carefully. "More wine for you?"