something I’ve only just realized about pacific rim is that. well. they test for drift compatibility by sparring. and newt and hermann verbally spar all the time.
the scene where raleigh and the audience meet them for the first time shows us how they engage in rapid-fire arguments that can only be possible if they’re anticipating each other’s responses and forming their own to counter them in advance. soon after we learn that they’ve been doing this on a regular basis for years. and what’s more, newt delivers a pitch-perfect impression of hermann’s ranting in sync with him, successfully predicting his exact words before he even starts, and even managing a decent imitation of his facial expressions and body language gestures. their drift compatibility was foreshadowed from the start.
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