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Interview: Rena Hirose
- the Child Prodigy of Aviation -




Interviewer: What do you do in your spare time?
Rena: On my days off I... can't go for walks, so I watch movies, listen to music-just the usual.

Interviewer: To you, what is it to fly?
Rena: I feel I can truly be myself when I'm in the air. Speaking like this may get me into hot water but... it's like being a child, innocently playing with a toy. A very expensive one, however.

Interviewer: What made you consider becoming a pilot?
Rena: Well... because of how I am physically, I used to imagine, as I watched birds flyiing freely across the sky, that I was flying together with them. I just knew I had to be a pilot from the moment I heard that there was such a job. But when I first mentioned that I wanted to be a pilot, everyone around me was, well, dead set against it . But it was my only dream.

Interviewer: The UPEO provided you with your own exclusive plane, didn't it? And the suit is an original too.
Rena: Yes, that's right. I require a rather special ENSI (the computer-synaptic interface), so both the suit and fighter are a one off for me. (Rena laughs). Even the fuselage is different in color from everybody else's. Did you know that?


Interviewer: They say that a gruelling mission is also a battle with yourself. Do you never feel any insecurity?
Rena: You're on your own, when you're flying, aren't you. Yet, I never feel completely alone. In fact, I feel as if there is someone with me. Uneasiness about what I would have left, if I could no longer fly; that's the type of insecurity I suffer from.

Interviewer: And finally, what is your dream?
Rena: Well being a pilot is in itself like some kind of dream. I hope for that day, someday, when everyone can forget their quarrels and fly free in the sky. Anyway, that's my dream. This is why I want to continue flying.


SOURCES:
Ace Combat 03: Electrosphere (the game itself)

*Original Article by Ribbon-Blue*