When Gripen performs substandard during a test simulation, Kei is allowed to take the controls of a "Daughter" for the first time. As the critical test flight approaches, Yashirodöri finds out that Gripen's brainwaves have synchronized with Kei's upon their first meeting, and that her inner stability depends greatly on his close proximity to her. But during an encounter with antipathic JASDF members, Kei learns that Anima are created using salvaged Xi technology, which incites an emotional conflict in him...