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David Johnston (rgorman@telusplanet.net) wrote:
: eirias wrote:
: > I'm curious, what was Covenant's reason for being depressed ?
: Hansen's Disease.

Aka Leprosy.

:  Also he was horny and impotent.  

Forgot the impotent bit.  His wife died too, didn't she?  It's been a few
years since I read that...

And then once he goes into the fantasy world he's strongly convinced he's
finally cracking up.

None of the above was a spoiler; that's the first flippin *chapter*.

: > After all, I find it hard to imagine a BETTER reason for being depressed
: > than:
: > Backplot spoilers: (and a few others, I guess.)
: > Your mother dying horribly before your very eyes shortly before your
: How could she have died horribly before his very eyes?  She was in an 
: Evangelion. 

That he was looking at...

: And if they brought an 8-year old into a top secret control room, that 
: is a highly contrived trauma.

Well, yeah.  Gendou's cruelty knows no bounds, God love 'im.

Joe
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