"...Those were meteors. Hunks of rock three times your size traveling 70 kilometers a second? Someone's cheating here, and it isn't me."

Viridi's commentary aside, the meteors are enough to block Garviel's fire for as long as they continue to shoot forth from the cape. But even the largest meteor shower couldn't go on forever, and soon enough, Flare is wrapping himself back up in the warm and comfortable celestial cloth.

Athrun's shot pierces through the skies, as accurate as if guided by the hand of a goddess herself [stop helping them palutena!!] And on the moment of impact... Captain Flare simply vanishes.

7 minutes.

The bomb is open to attack.