Kyle cursed up a storm as one by one, a system failed and died. He had lost total power. For a second panic welled up inside of him but then he saw Devil 009 fighting to his last breath. An indescribable peace descended over him as he watched the red glare of missile explosions and the brilliant azure of beam blasts. Even in destruction, humanity found a way to expressive itself with beauty. Nothing for it, Kyle settled back into his pilot seat and thought about the diary entry he would have made today if he made it back to the Macross...
The Valkyrie was not as infallible as I'd hoped. The blasts repeatedly threatened to destroy it. I wasn't afraid to die. I was afraid of the emptiness that I felt inside. I couldn't feel anything. And that's what scared me. You came into my thoughts. I felt them. It felt good.