>>81576121"Now you're strong. Now you're powerful, but that strength has become a wall that's keeping you away from other people. And that terror of yours, that never went away did it? You've been down in that ocean for months with nothing but your anger and fear to keep you company, itching for a chance to wage war against that one absolute foe, turn the tide of that one decisive battle that will fix absolutely everything
Well I'm sorry to say that that enemy and that conflict aren't here, and they're never going to come. There are few absolutes in the universe, Corporal. Enemies become lovers, friends become foes. We've stockpiled some truly devastating ammunition, but the forces of malevolence are a murkier and more subversive sort in this era. We can't just blindly follow orders and expect everything to turn out all right. Men like Maverick are going to exploit that, they don't want you freed from the nightmare, they want you to become it. Some unscrupulous superiors tried to do the same to me. Said I didn't need to think for myself, that if I did what they said, no matter how heinous, everything would be okay. It was tempting. Thinking about war hurt, thinking about death was painful, thinking about right and wrong was exhausting. But you can't stop thinking. Because that's how you come up with solutions. The world can't be fixed with weapons, Ziller. There are too many of those all ready. What it needs is good people. Doing what they can whether they're Uncanny, Fantastic, or simply themselves
You know what the difference between caution and fear is, Corporal?
A bit of CourageDon't be afraid, Ziller. Don't go somewhere you can't go back from just because being here is confusing. It's okay to be you. We'll find a way for the American Kaiju to be a champion of hope instead of just another bestial deterrent
And may I say that your tattoos are an inspiration. If I wasn't so plum-damn afraid of needles, I'd sure as hell get some of my own"
