- [During an intruder alert, Akito is watching Gekigangar III when new pilot Hikaru bursts out of an overhead duct]
- Gekigangar Announcer: [On TV] Thanks to the sacrifice of Joe Umitsubame, General Masaka has been driven back! But now, Gekigangar III is missing a pilot! Will they be able to recover from this loss?
- [Hikaru sobs, then bursts out at Akito]
- Hikaru: [shouting] Isn't Joe totally most awesome?
- Akito: [confused] Well, I, um...
- Hikaru: I only found out about Gekigangar III a little while ago but I'm already completely hooked! I was thinking of doing my own version as an amateur comic book, what do you think about that? Only in my version Joe and Ken are shounen-ai and they meet a girl who looks just like me!
- [long pause]
- Akito: Um, Miss?
- Hikaru: Huh?
- Akito: Who are you... and why were you crawling around inside my ceiling?
- Hikaru: Oh, leaping lizards! I guess you would wanna know about that, huh?
- Mr. Hory: And what about the other Aestivalis pilots?
- Ryoko: You got me. They could be alive or blown to bits.
- [Hikaru and Akito enter the hangar bay]
- Hikaru: [shouting] I'm still alive!
- [Ryoko jumps]
- Hikaru: Hi there! I'm Hikaru Amano and I'm an Aestivalis pilot just like Ryoko is! I'm eighteen, my blood type is B and my favorite foods are pizza crust and soggy rice crackers! It's so nice to be working with you!
- [Blows party horn]
- Hikaru: Um, would you like to know some more about me?
- All: Uh, no.
- Ryoko: Well, I suppose two out of three isn't too bad.
- Izumi: [over radio] It is if you're the third.
- Hikaru: Izumi? Oh, you're alive! Where are you Izumi?
- Izumi: [over radio] Where am I? Where is anyone really? As Schroedinger might say, the answer is in the box.
- [Everyone turns toward a crate. Ryoko opens it, Izumi rises from steam]
- Izumi: [rasping, reaching upward] I live! I breathe!
- [coughs, starts laughing]
- Izumi: So the cat *is* alive!
- Ryoko: No!
- [rushes Izumi and tries to force the crate closed]
- Izumi: There's no need to pack me in again, Ryoko! I've already been canned once today.
- [pauses, then cracks up]