With the readings off the chart like they are, poor Tendo is probably frantically trying to disconnect them both -- especially when it’s the powerful Jaeger that’s doing the rabbit chasing as opposed to the pilot.
Except even lost in her memories, Gipsy never powers up her weapons or poses any kind of threat. It’s like she knows somewhere deep down inside of herself that she could single handedly destroy the Shatterdome, and it’s with that instinctive knowledge that her weapons systems are disengaged, which probably really confuses Tendo. The enormous robot just stands there, resolute and unmoving and hardly dangerous, while inside the drift, pilot and avatar weather an onslaught of horrifically painful memories together.
Gipsy doesn’t hold much back though it’s again instinct to reign the intensity of it back in, at least a little. She’ll regret all of this later, when she realizes what she’s done – but in the moment, all she can do is cling to him, and wait for it to pass.
He experiences Raleigh’s anger, his pain and his rage. He experiences Yancy’s fear, his sheer terror and the very moment that Yancy’s life is extinguished – Herc feels that, too. It’s overwhelming, it’s intense, and when it’s over, Gipsy is limp in his arms, the solid form of the avatar still somehow manifested despite Gipsy herself being utterly spent.
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Except even lost in her memories, Gipsy never powers up her weapons or poses any kind of threat. It’s like she knows somewhere deep down inside of herself that she could single handedly destroy the Shatterdome, and it’s with that instinctive knowledge that her weapons systems are disengaged, which probably really confuses Tendo. The enormous robot just stands there, resolute and unmoving and hardly dangerous, while inside the drift, pilot and avatar weather an onslaught of horrifically painful memories together.
Gipsy doesn’t hold much back though it’s again instinct to reign the intensity of it back in, at least a little. She’ll regret all of this later, when she realizes what she’s done – but in the moment, all she can do is cling to him, and wait for it to pass.
He experiences Raleigh’s anger, his pain and his rage. He experiences Yancy’s fear, his sheer terror and the very moment that Yancy’s life is extinguished – Herc feels that, too. It’s overwhelming, it’s intense, and when it’s over, Gipsy is limp in his arms, the solid form of the avatar still somehow manifested despite Gipsy herself being utterly spent.