[Unfortunately for Ratio, Gigan looks over at him first, equally hopeful that Ratio will be the one to volunteer. He has no meaningful reason for this beyond just not feeling like doing it himself. And if Ereshkigal does it, they can't go grab a drink together! Come on, Ratio! You're up!
No? No. Oh well. Gigan is not one to volunteer himself for extracurricular missions, but . . . well. He's not entirely unaffected by watching Godzilla tempt fate against LILITH and pay the price for it. LILITH's control over them is whatever—that's just the way of these things, nothing unexpected—but Godzilla had been the one to warn Gigan about that control in the first place. He'd known perfectly well. He should have known better than all this.
LILITH having control over them is one thing, but Godzilla not having control over himself is . . . unsettling, on a primal level. It is the instinctive way a lizard hindbrain, so to speak, reacts with revulsion when confronted with a very sick individual, seeking to preserve itself through avoidance. But the forebrain is also . . .
That's his friend, huh?
All right.]
—Yeah, yeah. C'mon, I'll show you! You got him handled?
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No? No. Oh well. Gigan is not one to volunteer himself for extracurricular missions, but . . . well. He's not entirely unaffected by watching Godzilla tempt fate against LILITH and pay the price for it. LILITH's control over them is whatever—that's just the way of these things, nothing unexpected—but Godzilla had been the one to warn Gigan about that control in the first place. He'd known perfectly well. He should have known better than all this.
LILITH having control over them is one thing, but Godzilla not having control over himself is . . . unsettling, on a primal level. It is the instinctive way a lizard hindbrain, so to speak, reacts with revulsion when confronted with a very sick individual, seeking to preserve itself through avoidance. But the forebrain is also . . .
That's his friend, huh?
All right.]
—Yeah, yeah. C'mon, I'll show you! You got him handled?