Edmund had just plotted in the course for the Paradiso asteroid defense field when the bombs went off. He could hear his mecha erupting into a humongous explosion in the distance behind him, such a shame.. He really liked tha-.. 

Guttural whispers filled his head. Dark and brooding, filled with hatred and malice. His head started pounding, he could feel blood vessels pop, and the crimson liquid pour out of his eyes, ears and nose. "..Hound!?" He cried out. The whispers were inaudible, but many. Repeating themselves over and over. It didn't need to make itself known, Edmund knew what it was. A punishment. For destroying his companion, the Hellhound, leaving it's body to die on unknown soil so abruptly. He should have known better. She would never leave him alone, not for as long as he lived. The pain increased. He started shaking. Clawing at his own face, he screamed for forgiveness, but there was none to be given. His eternal friend was most displeased with his behavior, and it would remind him of the terrifying power it held over him once more. Darkness came upon him, as if someone had taken away all the color and light of the world. Edmund could no longer see, his eyes were reduced to nothing but two eternally blank white orbs of sorrow. He screamed, blood mixed with tears, he broke his hand against the cold metal panel, and eventually passed out from the pain of punishment. In the last conscious moment, and epiphany struck him. He knew what she wanted. 

He knew what he had to do.

As the vessel departed for Paradiso, Edmund fell into a deep slumber. A soft smile upon his mouth. Hound had embraced him once more, and he would never leave her again.