"Had to -- kkct -- try --" It was his job. "F'r. Every -- kt -- one. In...case."
In case it'd worked.
He'd had to try. Because now that he had, now that just asking them to leave was off the table, it meant everyone had to fight them instead. At bare minimum, they probably had to try taking down Stardust.
He'd had to try to avoid that. For Vance, one of the last of his friends left alive. For Sam and Gwen, still relatively new at the hero thing. For Gohan and Videl and Kid Q and Brainy, who'd clearly seen some shit and had still been shaken by seeing something as huge and terrible as Galactus.
For all of them.
And for Grif, too
After that, Rich couldn't talk anymore. His lungs were too full of blood and he couldn't stay conscious. His eyes rolled back in his head.
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In case it'd worked.
He'd had to try. Because now that he had, now that just asking them to leave was off the table, it meant everyone had to fight them instead. At bare minimum, they probably had to try taking down Stardust.
He'd had to try to avoid that. For Vance, one of the last of his friends left alive. For Sam and Gwen, still relatively new at the hero thing. For Gohan and Videl and Kid Q and Brainy, who'd clearly seen some shit and had still been shaken by seeing something as huge and terrible as Galactus.
For all of them.
And for Grif, too
After that, Rich couldn't talk anymore. His lungs were too full of blood and he couldn't stay conscious. His eyes rolled back in his head.