"Leave?! But--!" Simon couldn't mask the look of horror. Leaving the Dai-Gurren-dan... There were only a few people he'd trust with that for any length of time.

And then, suddenly he realized how dangerous this was going to be. Fighting with a kid in the cockpit of Lagann. He rarely came out completely unscathed... What was he gonna do?

He groaned. "I guess we have to."