[ Everything; he says it, and he means it. There had to be a reason he was picked out of the crowd by this nebulous "enemy" that they all faced, and that reason couldn't be because he was like the rest of them. That was an acceptable reason for anyone other than him - he was apart from the rest, selected by some monstrous unknowing because he was a threat. The biggest damn threat in the entire universe, and that thing that attacked him? It was going to rue the day it failed to eliminate him. ]
I'm not responsible for you, don't look at me like I've come to coddle you.
[ He's no savior. However: ]
I'm next-in-line to become the greatest professional hero there ever was and will be. Not even this weird place, this "pilgrimage" mission or this weird alien parasite in my head is going to stop me from achieving that. So. Yeah. I'm the biggest deal there is -- the symbol of victory you won't take your eyes from.
[ There's nothing "cheesy" or theatrical about the way he announces his intentions. It's direct. Even his mind grows as still as a plucked string, vibrating with the terse intensity of something about to explode into action. ]
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[ Everything; he says it, and he means it. There had to be a reason he was picked out of the crowd by this nebulous "enemy" that they all faced, and that reason couldn't be because he was like the rest of them. That was an acceptable reason for anyone other than him - he was apart from the rest, selected by some monstrous unknowing because he was a threat. The biggest damn threat in the entire universe, and that thing that attacked him? It was going to rue the day it failed to eliminate him. ]
I'm not responsible for you, don't look at me like I've come to coddle you.
[ He's no savior. However: ]
I'm next-in-line to become the greatest professional hero there ever was and will be. Not even this weird place, this "pilgrimage" mission or this weird alien parasite in my head is going to stop me from achieving that. So. Yeah. I'm the biggest deal there is -- the symbol of victory you won't take your eyes from.
[ There's nothing "cheesy" or theatrical about the way he announces his intentions. It's direct. Even his mind grows as still as a plucked string, vibrating with the terse intensity of something about to explode into action. ]