M.O.M.O.'s Mind ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- There are mental activities which can be called heart. * Dependence There was Juli, the mother who was never able to get over suffering an unsatisfied love. There was Ziggy, who rescued the kidnapped MOMO from the U-TIC Organiation. And there was Jr., who sheltered her in the Kukai Foundation and then surrounded her with his kindness. MOMO was always searching for those she could rely on. As can also be deduced from her Enneagram personality type classification, a strong desire to be loved spurs MOMO to action. She draws close to those people who have a strong possibility of loving her, and she tries to focus primarily on the bonds with them. It can be said that her attitude is a very valid one in life. When making one's reason for existence into something that's important for another person, the resulting actions have the appearance of being unselfish. By doing such actions, they strongly wish, from the bottom of their hearts, to be affirmed, to be important, and to be loved. This dependency, this wishing to sustain one's reason for existence on another person, is what MOMO harbours in her heart. It doesn't matter to her who she depends on, as long as it is someone who loves her. * Fear When someone desperately wants to run away from the possibility that their wish will be denied, when they don't want to accept it, then fear develops. The existence of fear goes hand-in-hand with having desire. I want to live; I don't want to die. Precisely because of that desire for survival, there is the fear of death. I want to love; I want to be loved. Precisely because of that desire for dependence on another person, there is the fear of being alone. Fear is desire's shadow. As one's desire grows stronger, so too does one's fear. A coward is throught to have deep desires. If desire is something awakened by self-will, then so too is fear a part of one's own self. MOMO harbours an unsatisfied feeling, and so she harbours the desire to satisfy it. For whatever reason, MOMO has the strongest self-consiousness of all Realians, and her emotional expressions are abundant, as well. Is it because she is the prototype? Or was it Mizrahi's purpose from the beginning? * Types of Fear At the time she was imprisoned by the U-TIC Organization, MOMO did not feel fear. That is considered to be because she had not yet found someone to depend on. Even though she had an unsatisfied wish for her mother Juli, it was not yet something in her grasp to lose, nor something she could hold on to. Even though she wished to obtain it, it was only an abstract wish; she could not fear losing what she did not have. Therefore, at this stage, fear had not blossomed in MOMO. However, not only had the seeds of her wish been planted, but so too had the seeds of fear. During the escape from Pleroma, at the moment when she faced the peril of death from the battle within hyperspace, MOMO felt just a little bit of fear. But, her dependency on Ziggy, who was nearby, calmed her fear. At that time, Ziggy's existence was the biggest thing on MOMO's mind. In the process of the escape, her dependence on Ziggy developed, grew stronger, and she learned the feeling of attachment. It is a relationship that may be able to establish mutual-dependence. And she gained the fear of losing it. After being sheltered at the Kukai Foundation, MOMO was showered with kindness by Jr., and so she felt a strong dependence on him more than anyone else. There was a strong anticipation that she might be loved. There was a real possibility that her desire, which had always been just out of reach, might finally be fulfilled. And so, MOMO felt a strong attachment that she had never felt before. That's precisely why she also experienced a fear like she had never felt before when Albedo kidnapped and violated her for the Y-Data sealed inside her. To cope with that fear, MOMO clung to the charm that Jr. had given her. Fearing the loss of a bond, a heart can hold back collapse only by proof of the bond. Her heart yearned for it, though not necessarily consciously. * Heart In light of phenomena such as these, it can be considered that mental activity known as a "heart" strongly exists within MOMO. Desire, fear, hope. The illogical method of coping with a self-preservation reflex can be explained by psychological reasoning. Such mental activity is something that can be sufficiently called a heart. Invariant probability of relevant phenomena... 85.19318 % p.112. The Sould Which Isn't Dependent (100-Series Realian) p.113. Parent and Child (100-Series Realian) p.043. M.O.M.O. 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