[Honestly, in the immediate aftermath of the first war? Going back to ZAFT really wasn't in Dearka's gameplan either. And he probably never would have done it, if Yzak hadn't directly asked him to, so like... He gets it.

Being convinced to re-enlist sure worked out a lot better for him than it did for Athrun though, huh.

Dearka is now gnawing on a lamb kebab. He waves Yzak's threat off with one hand.]

Ehhh... It's not like the cyborg thing is a guarantee anyway. They couldn't do anything at all for that one guy, the one Ishmael was dating....?

[He pauses. Frowns. Shakes his head.]

Hell, let's talk about something else. Save the morbid shit for after we kill this next kaiju.