"Yeah. I think the same way, sometimes. But... I actually figured something out, just now, talking. Something my best friend said before - before I got grabbed. It's like, I thought she was just being cruel for no reason, but she wasn't. She wasn't saying that my self isn't enough, that it's bad for me to be a hero. She was saying... kinda the opposite, actually, I think I just realized. My self is enough. I don't gotta kill myself trying. She was trying to say she doesn't want my heroic death. She wants my life, an' if it's not heroic then she's fine with that. As - as long as I'm alive to be not-a-hero with her, that's enough."

Shit. Now she's starting to cry a little.

"I think Catra an' the rest were trying to say the same thing. They don't want your heroic death. Heroic deaths make good stories, but they're still deaths. You still wouldn't be there anymore, after. How could they be happy with a victory at that price? Would you be?"

She's speaking slowly now, feeling it out as she goes.

"My pops - raised me to do great things. Be a hero. Ever since I can remember, that's all I ever wanted. Then I got to actually go do hero stuff and you know what? It fucking sucks. Nobody should have to be a hero. Not all the time. It's too damn much to ask of anyone, and that includes yourself."