But there was a perfect choice available, and they didn't have to look far to find a suitable candidate. What made it even better was that it would give her both prime teasing material, and would allow her to have him stick around the only thing that had kept him in line.
"I really think that Captain Katsuragi would be the best choice of roommate," she finally answered.
Gendo merely stared back at her. "Is that so?"
"It is. She's the only one who can handle him. In fact, it's almost like he refuses to fight her."
"I see.... Then she can control him long enough for the situation to progress in a satisfactory manner?"
"I believe that is the case."
The Commander steepled his hands in front of himself and kept his thoughts inside. Katsuragi might not be the best minder for an impressionable young man, but his concern was not on proper guidance, so far as it didn't interfere with the Plan. He needed that boy if his long term strategy was to work, and replacing him would be... inconvenient at best. It was best if he was controlled, and the Captain certainly seemed able to manage such a feat.
Besides, it wasn't like Misato Katsuragi was aware of anything other than the fight against the Angels. The therapists might have said that she had once had the possibility of becoming a nymphomaniac looking for love, and sex, from a 'father replacement', but she was now quite useful, and likely would for some time to come. If nothing else, he knew that she could be controlled, and through her, the same could be said for the Third Child.
"I will have the Captain come here to inform her of her new duties," he stated without even an emotional inflection.
She nodded, and then raised her brows at him. "And your.... the boy, Ranma?"
"He can learn it when she tells him."
"I see...."
"If there is nothing else?"
"No sir," she answered, getting to her feet so fast that the heels of her shoes clicked on the floor.
"Until later, then."
"Later," Ritsuko agreed, and turned to stride confidently out of the room, while:
(Posted Thu, 28 Sep 2006 08:52)
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