History Recap / MobileSuitGundamTheWitchFromMercuryEpisode16CycleOfSin

!!Summary
Continuing their conversation about Aerial and the data storms, Prospera tells Belmeria how she discovered Ericht's biometrics perfectly synced with the data storm produced by the prototype Lfrith during the Vanadis Incident. But as a child, Ericht's body would be unable to handle the conditions of space, leading Prospera to keep her alive using the Lfrith as her new body, refitting it as Aerial, with her synchronized biometric code preserving Ericht's consciousness as Permet particles in the data storm. While presently unable to exist outside Aerial, Prospera claims that raising Quiet Zero's parameters to Permet Score Eight would allow Ericht to "live in freedom." Belmeria rejects Prospera's request for her help, claiming that her plans go against Vanadis' principles; Prospera throws these claims back at her by bringing up Belmeria's Enhanced Human project, which was originally rejected by Dr. Cardo, causing Belmeria to break down, begging her to stop.

The school is under a state of emergency following the attack; Front Security patrols the grounds in mobile suits, extracurricular activities are limited, and many students have left entirely. Secelia and Rouji discuss the state of things, with Secelia stating her intent to remain at the school as Duel Committee representative until Miorine's upcoming birthday, to see the final result of the marriage game. Meanwhile, Earth House faces constant harassment from other students who blame them for the attack by association. After an argument with a group vandalizing their dorm's exterior results in Martin being hit in the head with a spray can, Miorine appears and scares them off, having filmed the altercation.

Feng Jun reveals to Miorine that Front Security was not involved in Nika's arrest, leaving her whereabouts unknown. In return for continuing her investigation, she requests that Miorine allow her to freely come and go and look into GUND-Arm Inc., particularly their acquisition of Shin Sei. Miorine agrees on the condition she is kept informed of her findings. Sharing her discovery with the rest of Earth House, Chuchu thanks Miorine for her efforts before they move on to presenting Miorine with the business that had piled up while she was held at Benerit HQ. Suletta (with Till's help) interrupts to ask Miorine to come and inspect the greenhouse with her. On their way out, they encounter Prospera, who has arrived at Asticassia.

At Miorine's greenhouse, she and Suletta awkwardly discuss the incident at Plant Quetta, with Miorine initially apologizing for her reaction to Suletta's violent rescue of her and her father. Disturbed by Suletta's continued light-heartedness when talking about it, and recognizing the disproportionate influence her mother holds over her, Miorine flees to confront Prospera. When she demands that Prospera stop using Suletta as her puppet, Prospera reveals the truth to Miorine: that she has spent decades plotting vengeance against her father Delling for his ordering the deaths of her husband, comrades, and mentor. Prospera tentatively agrees to keep Suletta out of her plotting, if Miorine agrees to assist her by winning the presidency of the Benerit Group so Quiet Zero can proceed unimpeded.

* SpottingTheThread: Miorine becomes completely aware of how much Prospera has been manipulating her daughter when Suletta says that "Mom knew you would understand", about the events of Planet Quetta. Additionally, she may have realized that Prospera was telling her and Suletta different things in Episode 13 as Prospera told her that she apparently 'agreed' that Suletta may have gone too far in saving her. After a few {{Armor Piercing Question}}s that make her aware of just how deep Prospera's control of Suletta is, she runs off and immediately confronts the former to stop using her own daughter as a puppet.

* WhatTheHellHero: While Miorine apologises to Suletta for calling her a murderer, since after reflecting on it she recognises that she and her father would have died if Suletta hadn't killed the terrorist, she calls Suletta out on acting happy about saving her pointing out that, regardless of circumstance, she still did kill someone and should therefore fell ''something'' about that. Miorine then calls Suletta out on her BlindObedience to her mother, eventually running away in tears when Suletta refuses to see how manipulative Prospera is being, and admitting that if her mother asked for it, she would kill again.

The school is under a state of emergency following the attack, with Front Security patrolling the grounds in mobile suits, extracurricular activities limited, and many students have left entirely. Secelia and Rouji discuss the state of things, with Secelia stating her intent to remain at the school as Duel Committee representative until Miorine's upcoming birthday, to see the final result of the marriage game. Meanwhile, Earth House faces constant harassment from other students who blame them for the attack by association. After an argument with a group vandalizing their dorm's exterior results in Martin being hit in the head with a spray can, Miorine appears and scares them off, having filmed the altercation.

Feng Jun reveals to Miorine that Front Security was not involved in Nika's arrest, leaving her whereabouts unknown. In return for continuing her investigation, she requests that Miorine allow her to freely come and go and look into GUND-Arm Inc., particularly their acquisition of Shin Sei. Miorine agrees on the condition she is kept informed of her findings. Sharing her discovery with the rest of Earth House, Chuchu thanks Miorine for her efforts before they move on to presenting Miorine with the business that had piled up while she was held at Benerit HQ. Suletta (with Till's help) interrupts to ask Miorine to come to inspect the greenhouse with her. On their way out, they encounter Prospera, who has arrived at Asticassia.

The school is under a state of emergency following the attack, with Front Security patrolling the grounds in mobile suits, extracurricular activities limited, and many students having left entirely. Secelia and Rouji discuss the state of things, with Secelia stating her intent to remain at the school as Duel Committee representative until Miorine's upcoming birthday, to see the final result of the marriage game. Meanwhile, Earth House faces constant harassment from other students who blame them for the attack by association. After an argument with a group vandalizing their dorm's exterior results in Martin being hit in the head with a spray can, Miorine appears and scares them off, having filmed the altercation.

Feng Jun reveals to Miorine that Front Security was not involved in Nika's arrest, leaving her whereabouts unknown. In return for continuing her investigation, she requests that Miorine allow her to freely come and go and look into GUND-Arm Inc., particularly their acquisition of Shin Sei. Miorine agrees on the condition she be kept informed of her findings. Sharing her discovery with the rest of Earth House, Chuchu thanks Miorine for her efforts before they move on to presenting Miorine with the business that had piled up while she was held at Benerit HQ. Suletta (with Till's help) interrupts to ask Miorine to come inspect the greenhouse with her. On their way out, they encounter Prospera, who has arrived at Asticassia.

* FaintInShock: Upon seeing Guel returned from his self-imposed exile, Lauda promptly faints from a mixture of relief and exhaustion. Played more severely than most examples, as he's subsequently seen recovering in a hospital bed.
* FreezeFrameBonus: If one looks closely on the messages on Secelia's phone, one can catch the memetic phrase "IMMA HEAD OUT!".
* IDidWhatIHadToDo: Prospera claims that her reason for transforming Eri into the Aerial was to save her life, as a young child unprepared for the harsh conditions of space. To be fair, she herself views this as an imprisonment, and her goal with Quiet Zero is to bring about a world where Eri can live freely again. She contrasts herself with Bel, who's been performing human experimentation on Peil's payroll just to save her own hide.
* IHaveYourWife: After Miorine realizes how firmly Suletta is held under her mother's thumb, Prospera says she'll only let her go if Miorine become Benerit Group president. She spends their conversation showing a detached attitude to her daughter, implying Suletta will be in danger if Miorine refused.

* OnlyTheChosenMayPilot: Although Elan #4 was previously able to active Aerial and test her GUND-ARM system himself, Elan #5 is violently rejected when he tries to even turn it on. This may because Aerial knew the latter was trying to steal Aerial, or because Eri has gained more control and awareness. It is also possible that unlike Elan #4, Elan #5 didn’t have Suletta’s permission to pilot her.

* SpottingTheThread: Miorine becomes completely aware of how much Prospera has been manipulating her daughter when Suletta says that "Mom knew you would understand", about the events of Planet Quetta, clueing her in that Prospera has been manipulating Suletta. Additionally, she may have realized that Prospera was telling her and Suletta different things in Episode 13 as Prospera told her that she apparently 'agreed' that Suletta may have gone too far in saving her. After a few {{Armor Piercing Question}}s that make her aware of just how deep Prospera's control of Suletta is, she runs off and immediately confronts the former to stop using her own daughter as a puppet.

* TheCameo: While Secelia is pondering who Miorine's groom will be, the scene cuts to Felsi looking at the wreck of her or Lauda's Dilanza. She otherwise does not appear in the episode at all.

In an impound hangar, Elan attempts to hijack Aerial, only to be forcefully drawn into her data storm, encountering visions of numerous Erichts, which subsequently force him out. Meeting with Belmeria on the overlooking railings, he gets into an argument with her over her guilt and their mutual fear of death, ending with him stating his intent to report her to the [=CEOs=].

Continuing their conversation about Aerial and the data storms, Prospera tells Belmeria about discovering Ericht's biometrics perfectly synced with the data storm during the Vanadis Incident. But since her child's body wouldn't be able to handle the conditions of space, she kept her alive using the prototype Lfrith, refitting it as Aerial, with Ericht's consciousness preserved as Permet particles synced to the data storm with her biometrics. While presently unable to exist outside Aerial, Prospera claims that raising Quiet Zero's parameters to Permet Score Eight would allow Ericht to "live in freedom." She requests Belmeria's help, who rejects her, claiming that her plans go against Vanadis' principles; Prospera throws these claims back at her by bringing up Belmeria's Enhanced Human project, which was originally rejected by Dr. Cardo, causing Belmeria to breakdown, begging her to stop.

Members of the Space Assembly League and the Benerit Group watch news broadcasts reviewing the attacks on Asticassia and Plant Quetta, as well as the kidnapping of Sarius Zenelli and increased anti-Spacian riots on Earth in response to the Group's actions taken against Dawn of Fold. Shaddiq denies any knowledge as to his father's whereabouts, while Nugen suggests that they may need to elect a new president with Delling still incapacitated. Shaddiq discusses his plans to run for president with his teammates, denying any intent to ally with Miorine after musing she could win the election with one of the Three Branch's support. Elsewhere, Miorine meets with Lauda, who returns her belongings to her following GUND-Arm Inc. being cleared of any involvement with Dawn of Fold, allowing her to return to Asticassia.

At Miorine's greenhouse, she and Suletta awkwardly discuss the incident at Plant Quetta, with Miorine initially apologizing for her reaction to Suletta's violently saving her. Disturbed by Suletta's continued light-heartedness when talking about it, and recognizing the disproportionate influence her mother holds over her, Miorine flees to confront Prospera. When she demands that Prospera stop using Suletta as her puppet, Prospera reveals the truth to Miorine: that she has spent decades plotting vengeance against her father Delling for his ordering the deaths of her husband, comrades, and mentor. Prospera tentatively agrees to keep Suletta out of her plotting, if Miorine agrees to assist her by winning the presidency of the Benerit Group so Quiet Zero can proceed unimpeded.

* OnlyTheChosenMayPilot: Although Elan #4 was previously able to active Aerial and test her GUND-ARM system himself, Elan #5 is violently rejected when he tries to even turn it on. This may because Aerial knew the latter was trying to steal Aerial, or because Eri has gained more control and awareness.

-->'''Miorine''': That girl will do anything you tell her to. I won't let you have your way with her any longer!\\

* NotSoDifferentRemark: After Miorine chews her out for her treatment of Suletta, Prospera prefaces her MotiveRant [[SecretlySelfish by questioning the purity of Miorine's own intentions.]]

* WhatTheHellHero: While Miorine apologises to Suletta for calling her a murderer, since after reflecting on it she recognises that she and her father would have died if Suletta hadn't killed the terrorist, she calls Suletta out on acting happy about saving her pointing out that, regardless of circumstance, she still did kill someone and should therefore fell ''something'' about that. Miorine then calls Suletta out on her BlindObediance to her mother, eventually running away in tears when Suletta refuses to see how manipulative Prospera is being, and admitting that if her mother asked for it, she would kill again.

* SpottingTheThread: Miorine becomes completely aware of how much Prospera has been manipulating her daughter when Suletta says that "Mom knew you would understand", about the events of Planet Quetta, clueing her in that Prospera has been manipulating Suletta. Additionally, she may have realized that Prospera was telling her and Suletta different things in Episode 13 as Prospera told her that she apparently 'agreed' that Suletta may have gone too far in saving her. After a few {{Armor Piercing Question}}s that make her aware of just how deep Prospera's control of Suletta is, she runs off and immediately confronts the former to stop using her own daughter as a puppet.

* NotSoDifferentRemark: After Miorine chews out her out for her treatment of Suletta, Prospera prefaces her MotiveRant [[SecretlySelfish by questioning the purity of Miorine's own intentions.]]

* OnlyTheChosenMayPilot: Although Elan #4 was previously able to active Aerial and test her GUND-ARM system himself, Elan #5 is violently rejected when he tries to even turn it on. This may because Aerial knew the latter was trying to steal Aerial, or because Eri is gained more control and awareness.

* ArmorPiercingQuestion: Miorine gives a few of these to Suletta to make her realize how much she had been indoctrinated by her mother throughout her life. Suletta grows visibly uncomfortable as she recognizes what Miorine's driving at, and reluctantly answers that she would do almost anything that her mother asks of her, such as giving up on creating a school in Mercury or killing others, but as with Suletta's past crises it only ends in her reaffirming that her mother knows best. Miorine's the one whose armor ends up shattered instead, and she immediately leaves to confront Prospera.