Eddie noticed the tremor, but decided not to put much emphasis on it. Instead, he looked out past her, towards the burned out wastelands that she referred to. “[b]Then somebody’ll have to show them how it’s done.[/b]” he said resolutely. “[b]Y’know, where I’m from, nobody did anything when a fascist dictator rose up, and threatened the lives of everyone in the city. Nobody stood up to the Rebels that were just as misaligned as the government they wanted to overthrow. Why should they? It was a hopeless battle. But sometimes, those are the ones worth fighting for.[/b]” He looked back at Alpha, as if he somehow knew who she was, and what she’d been through. His words eerily echoed her own. “[b]So yeah, maybe I won’t be able to protect everyone here, or stop the crime everywhere I go. Maybe I’ll get gunned down, or beaten up. At the end of the day, I’m alright with that. Because I fought when nobody else would.[/b]”