A Hero's Beginning Event/Triggered
Nate awakes in a cage, where she angrily questions Themis' motives. After Alk and Regis come to her rescue, she states she doesn't want to lose to someone who gave up on being a hero.
Nate: Come on, come on! MOVE, DAMN IT! Listen to me!
Combat AI: You do not have admin privileges.
Nate: ...What am I even doing?
Nate: Even if I manage to stand up, what then? Not like I can do anything...
Nate: Am I just gonna give up again?
Themis: Pathetic.
Themis: What, no snappy comeback this time? Looks like I was right.
Nate: About what?
Themis: That the weak are warped by power. Seeing you here confirms that it was the right decision to leave enacting justice to the machines.
Nate: Wait... Did you do all this just to get rid of me?!
Themis: Don't get so full of yourself. What I find fault with is the imperfect society that allowed a hero like you to gain traction.
Themis: Although, now that I think about it... I suppose you are correct, in a sense.
Nate: Wh-what?!
Themis: No one can be truly good. That goes for heroes as much as anybody else.
Themis: So in other words, people aren't suited for heroism, including me.
Themis: As of now ninety percent of Qualia City districts have outlawed acts of hostility between civilians.
Themis: Soon there won't be a need for heroes. After we've finished removing your body prosthetics, just go home quietly.
Nate: Why... Why?!
Nate: Of all the heroes out there, why are YOU saying all this?
Themis: What?
Nate: You're... You're Themis! What about your master?!
Themis: You...
Nate: You're supposed to be carrying on Themis' will! So why are you giving up?!
Themis: Shut it! Don't you dare speak his name!
Nate: Aaah!
Themis: Keep my master's name out of your mouth...
Nate: Damn it all!
Nate: No... No, this isn't right! This isn't THEMIS!
Nate: How could you?! HOW COULD YOU?!
Nate: There's no way Themis would give up! It's not RIGHT!
Nate: Move, you hunk of junk! I. SAID. MOVE!
Suspicious Voice: Need help, little lady?
Nate: Huh? Wh-who are you?
Suspicious Voice: Heh, I've heard all about you from Alk. Now... Don't move!
Suspicious Voice: Electron Buster!
Alk: Sorry we're late! You okay?!
Nate: Alk!
Regis: I'll handle the bots here. You two go on ahead!
Nate: Wait, so the troubleshooters are rioting in the streets?
Alk: There's that, and the fact that the robot task force is too inflexible. They treat every crime like a major violation, no matter how small.
Alk: By the time I got back, the whole town was in chaos.
Nate: ...Hey, sorry if I worried you. I should've been doing more, instead of wallowing in my own self-pity.
Alk: Themis did a live broadcast stating the age of heroes is over.
Alk: She said the world doesn't need them anymore. That there will be no more needless casualties.
Alk: I don't think she gets to decide that though. The future's unpredictable... And we've all got our own reasons for wanting to step up.
Nate: A reason for steeping up, huh?
Nate: I couldn't say so before, but I do have one.
Nate: I know why I wanted to be a hero.
Nate: It's because I wanted to throw everything away. My terrible parents, m dead-end life... and myself.
Nate: I thought if I became one of those sparkling heroes I saw all the time, I could leave that all behind.
Alk: That didn't happen though, did it?
Nate: It sure didn't. I don't know why I ever expected it to.
Nate: I think I always knew deep down. A talentless nobody like me isn't suited to be a hero.
Nate: But that doesn't mean I should give up.
Nate: Especially not when that quitter Themis tells me to!
Alk: That's right!