[That's why they're fighting, isn't it? So people don't have to suffer at the hands of those who thought they were better. Who thought other people, other species, were so worthless they could be used as nothing more than slaves. Nothing more than science projects pinned under hot lights and stinging metal. Their war might not change anything on Earth...]

[But it's the core of it all, still, isn't it? Make the world, make the universe safer. For people who had suffered too much already.]

[He nods -- yeah. It's different here. People want to work together, for the most part.] Glad I got to meet you too, Eddie. I'm sorry I don't have a better answer to your question... but I hope it helped a little. Gave you a place to start.

[The smile he gives in answer to the scar, the oath suggested, is tired and lopsided. But genuine. He won't ask specifics for now. If Eddie wants to volunteer, he's sure the kid will. He'll let him come to it on his own.]

All right -- looks like you're set for life, there.

[And it looks like there's no argument from him about Diana. Yeah, he understands that feeling. Even if, coming from a young kid, it's probably a different sort of feeling. But boy, can he ever relate.]

They're both incredible people. I'd trust either one of them with anything. Charles... I already have.

[A way of suggesting Eddie could too, if need be.]

That's what I'm here for. Speeches and Paladin wisdom, apparently.