[quote=@Asuras]
Question of curiosity; for what reason did Gerard want to maintain the AUT?
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If they chose to retire peacefully, they would no doubt be observed to the point where they couldn't even meet former AUT members. For him, it was a case of living emptily for 10 or so more years or being with the people he's fought with for the last 30 years one last time.