Trowa Barton

Episode Zero/Midii Une: Who is not Lady Une. But this is Trowa's childhood so I get to talk about her. Trowa and Midii first meet at gun point (awww, how sweet) and he decides not to kill her and blah blah and Midii is all "Why did you save me?" and he says "Because we're the same." Which confuses the poor girl. We, as the readers, get a flashback of baby!Trowa getting through from a speeding horse and cart with what suspiciously looks like baby!Catherine nearby. Nudge nudge wink wink. In which Trowa is orphaned and fends for himself and gets picked up by mercenaries. Back to the 'present', Midii gives Trowa a cross necklace and tells him God will watch over him. (insert Trowa being distracted by the circus here)

Midii: You looked kinda nostalgic
Nanashi: That's not possible, I've been a soldier since I was born.

Meanwhile, Catherine yells at the mercs because she hates war. And she remembers the tragedy of the horse and cart getting exploded. It's because her parents named her brother something lame like Triton Bloom, the name gods smited them for such a travesty.

The mercs had an ambush planned, but surprise surprise the ambush was anticipated. The captain says he'll hold them off and everyone else should scram. The mercs are all whoops, now we're going to wipe out the rebels, sorry cap! Some heartwarming I'm going to kill you conversation goes one. Trowa mows them all down, the captain is kinda O.o but those dudes you just killed made you what you are. Trowa is all Yeah, but I've been a soldier since I was born and they taught me to destroy my enemy. The captain says he's not human.

Midii: I'm not going to thank you.
Nanashi: Don't worry, I wasn't expecting it.
Midii: I'm… not worth anything alive…
Nanashi: … Me neither.

All the mercs but Trowa die. Sad. Surprise! It was Midii's cross necklace that she gave Trowa that gave away the mercs. He tosses the necklace down and points a gun at her.

Midii: So, even you get mad sometimes.
You said before that I was you… but that wasn't true. I'm not as fortunate as you. There's nothing that ties you down. You have no name, no past …and now, no comrades.

Midii (I love you…)
I have a name, Midii Une. I have a sick father and three little brothers. I couldn't have survived this long without becoming a spy and getting all these people killed! (I … longed to be like you.) I can't even tell the person I love how I feel about him! Do you know why!? Because I'm not empty like you. I'm filled with things… My family! My Job! My Guilt!

Midii: (Always… I wanted to be with you always)
That's why… That's why I hate empty guys like you! (I loved you!)
Nanashi: That all you have to say? You're better off than me… you have a place to go home to. Goodbye, Midii.

He doesn't kill her, but blows up the transmitter she used to spy. When she tells him to wait, calling him Nanashi, he says "You've got the wrong guy. I'm not Nanashi I'm... … a traveler, looking for a place to go home too…"

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26th page of Episode Zero for Trowa's story?

1. "Who am I?"
The path of "No-name" Trowa

Trowa was found by mercenaries when he was four, and under their tutelage became a first-class soldier. But even at that point, as with his "name" of No-name he hadn't been able to see any value in living. After his mercenary squad was destroyed, the 14-year old Trowa went up into space, and became a maintance man in the L-3 colonies. There, he accidentally witnessed the murder of the real Trowa Barton, and subsequently volunteered to pilot a mobile suit under the dead man's name. Having descended to Earth, he seems to have suceeded in finding "a place to go home to" with his circus troupe, but there's no knowing whether he can continue living peacefully with them. It will probably take a little time to be sure.

2. The knife-throwing woman
The relationship with Catherine

When Trowa descends to Earth in Operation Meteor, he chooses the circus as his cover. As he spends time with Catherine, he begins to feel at peace in the circus. After he loses his memory, he calls Catherine his sister, but there is a possibility that they are really siblings. Catherine had a brother who was lost -- actually, went missing -- in the way named Triton Bloom. And Trowa has a burn scar on his back he didn't get in battle. The truth is unclear, but there does seem to be a bond of mutual understand between them somehow.

3. No work, no food

Trowa had to polish his skills to survive in the war-torn world. Aided by his natural talent he had become a full-fledged soldier by age 10, and was adored by the captain and the other mercenaries. Also, out of necessity, he picked up a poker face with which he can calmly deal with any situation. How sad that the only reason he survived was because of his fighting abilities. His skill at slipping into unknown places is also the result of his training as a soldier.

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^The super boy who can ride anything from cars to bikes to mobile suits. He can even handle the maintenance himself.