Keith Water

**Keith Water** (キース・ウォーター) is a character who is introduced in *Soukyuu no Fafner Exodus*.

## Biography

Keith is part of Dustin Morgan's unit and she jokingly greets the Festum before she heads into battle. During the battle, she manages to defeat several Festum but later tells Dustin that George got killed. After the battle suddenly comes to an end, Keith mutters that they can't win this fight.

Dustin enters the room and Keith wonders if the job is done to which he responds that they may have to go as well. She then asks if they are going to strike the enemy or humans if their platoon is heading out. She comments that he shouldn't shoulder everything alone and Dustin avoids the topic by saying that they don't know the situation yet. Dustin returns from his conversation with Kamal Dexter and she laughs when he hears that the Srinagar survivors fought off the Azazel-type Festum. Hearing Dustin's story on the topic, Keith comments that it is finally their turn.

Keith is part of the so-called reinforcement, who has decided to abandon their fellow humans due to ROE Alpha, and she gets the order from Dustin to provide backup. She shoots Akira Nishio's Mark Zehn after he came to retrieve Mark Funf and wants to kill him too but is unable to due to Billy Morgan's interference. They notice Mark Nicht who has appeared before them and misses his attacks on purpose, causing them to retreat with the operation having failed. The next morning, she puts the box with Hiroto's remains in front of Dustin and wonders what if she needs to label it. Noticing Dustin's behaviour, she realizes that he knew that Billy was among the soldiers and makes the suggestion to leave Billy alive while wiping out the others. Keith joins Dustin on watching over some craters and states that the Salvator Model is a pain if they have to resort to covert operations. Dustin's group arrives at N Camp 15 in the hope to find Narain Wiseman-Bose's group but they only find some stuff they left behind. When Dustin opens the tunnel, they hear a message from Narain and Keith finds the situation a joke.

Dustin's group quickly run away when the bombs are fired at the huge Festum. They finally find Narain's group and Keith chases after Maya Toomi, trying to shoot her down. Keith attacks Misao Kurusu's swarms who are protecting Narain's group. Returning to base, Keith holds Maya at gunpoint, stating that she wasn't expecting a woman to pilot the captured Fafner, and forces to Maya to change clothes in front of her and the other soldiers. She sarcastically wonders when she will start to turn gold due to the Tatsumiyajima pilots having the enemy factor. Hearing that Tatsumiyajima will come to retrieve Maya, Dustin's group is in charge of capturing the Salvator Model. Hester Gallop declares ROE Alpha due to Festum's interference and they head into the city to retrieve the newly developed Fafner. Keith spots Mark Sieben and tries to shoot her down. Maya dodges her attacks and warns her that she will shoot back if she comes closer which Keith regards as a joke. Seeing Chester Gain die at the hands of Maya, she wants to get revenge but her Fafner gets disabled by Maya instead. After the battle is over, Keith swears that she will kill Maya for what she has done.

Keith is captured by the enemy but she is quickly freed by Jonathan Mitsuhiro Bartland who promises her an opportunity for revenge. They head towards Wadatsumijima in order to stop Tatsumiyajima's operations and Keith is surprised that their fellow Fafners are being shot down from a huge distance. Keith spots Mark Sieben flying away and chases after the Nothung Model to get her revenge. She teams up with Billy to stop Maya and they both activate their Fenrir program, planning on dying with her. Maya manages to stop Keith's Fenrir program, but Keith goes out of her cockpit and shoots the interference line loose, restarting the program. Maya slams Keith's Fafner away and she laughs in her final moments as she starts to fall and dies in the explosion of her Fafner's Fenrir program.

## References

1. ↑ Exodus Episode 1: Visitor
2. ↑ Exodus Episode 9: The Two Heroes
3. ↑ Exodus Episode 12: Children of the Battlefield
4. ↑ Exodus Episode 15: ROE Alpha
5. ↑ Exodus Episode 18: Layering Sins Upon Sins
6. ↑ Exodus Episode 20: The Soldiers Return Home
7. ↑ Exodus Episode 21: Time of Awakening
8. ↑ Exodus Episode 22: Memories of Hatred
9. ↑ Exodus Episode 23: Power Without Reason
10. ↑ Exodus Episode 25: Operation Azure
11. ↑ Exodus Episode 26: Tatsumiyajima