He thought about Hal not thinking things would always be fine.
"Nothing's ever really always 'fine.' Bad things happen and people die and when they die, they only come back sometimes. But I think it's true that a lot of people can always be saved and that things can be well again for most people if people fight hard enough for it."
He smiled again.
"After all, we're here. Think about that. We're 1000 years in the future and it's really nice here when the bad guys aren't messing it up. There's a lot of things that are different, like a lot of prejudices aren't as strong now. Um, there's some xenophobia with species but a lot of the other ones aren't as bad and even that's seen as bad by lots of people."
It was definitely different. Part of why he'd come to the conclusion it was okay to go without his mask was because he'd come to realize he'd definitely be judged a lot less. Appearances weren't as much of a thing because so many people looked so different from each other.
"That means all the fighting everyone did back in the past meant something. Anytime it was hopeless and anytime it was all messed up and all the heroes fought back? Any of the times they wondered if all that fighting would matter? Well, it all did. It made things the way they are now. And they are better in a lot of ways. So maybe it won't always be well but I think that's proof it'll always get better, little by little. Not all the time and -- and sometimes you can't save everyone."
A pause.
"I wasn't able to save my brother, in the past. And...and we couldn't save our friends. But we still saved the galaxy in the fight where we lost them. And we saved you guys. And we can save anyone else that comes through the rift."
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He thought about Hal not thinking things would always be fine.
"Nothing's ever really always 'fine.' Bad things happen and people die and when they die, they only come back sometimes. But I think it's true that a lot of people can always be saved and that things can be well again for most people if people fight hard enough for it."
He smiled again.
"After all, we're here. Think about that. We're 1000 years in the future and it's really nice here when the bad guys aren't messing it up. There's a lot of things that are different, like a lot of prejudices aren't as strong now. Um, there's some xenophobia with species but a lot of the other ones aren't as bad and even that's seen as bad by lots of people."
It was definitely different. Part of why he'd come to the conclusion it was okay to go without his mask was because he'd come to realize he'd definitely be judged a lot less. Appearances weren't as much of a thing because so many people looked so different from each other.
"That means all the fighting everyone did back in the past meant something. Anytime it was hopeless and anytime it was all messed up and all the heroes fought back? Any of the times they wondered if all that fighting would matter? Well, it all did. It made things the way they are now. And they are better in a lot of ways. So maybe it won't always be well but I think that's proof it'll always get better, little by little. Not all the time and -- and sometimes you can't save everyone."
A pause.
"I wasn't able to save my brother, in the past. And...and we couldn't save our friends. But we still saved the galaxy in the fight where we lost them. And we saved you guys. And we can save anyone else that comes through the rift."