Like, they’re both in the drift while working the jaeger, right?
So when Mako says “For my family” it’s really for her family but it’s also for Yancy, too, isn’t it?
Because there’s lots of reasons they’re drift compatible, but part of that is a deep understanding of fear and powerlessness and helplessness and pain in the face of the kaiju, of trauma that cannot necessarily be seen but is felt nonetheless.
Like, ugh, I really love this, why did it take me three years to see it