And he fought bravely, and he died briefly. But he was forsaken by the ones he wished to save. And when he died, he died in vain.
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An eccentric and brilliant man, Light was a loner. A thinker. A man of ideas. Ideas forbidden in Wily's society.
(Liner: The men keep their distance, straining to see every crushing blow through the smoke that has surrounded the ongoing battle. The din stops abruptly. Unsettlingly.)
And I will tell you once again, but this time understand that what I'm telling you; Every single word of it is true.
It's much too late. (IT'S NOT TOO LATE.)
(Liner: The voices of the men and women carry him forward. Megaman has no fear, now that freedom is near.)
This is not the world my father knew. This is not the world I know. He would've wanted me to build.
This city made us This city ate us alive.
I MAY NOT BE THE HERO THEY NEED, BUT GOD I CAN STILL BE A MAN!
And there's one way out, But I can see, They're betting it all on one machine.
He could never cage the world. It's too big for anyone.
YOU'VE BEEN FED WHAT THEY WANTED TO FEED YOU. YOU'VE BEEN BLED OF THE WILL TO SURVIVE.
(Over the years he has learned to fight them, then ignore them, and finally channel them into his work. His creation, his Machine, his son -- So that was it.)
(AND AS YOU STAND TALL, YOU WILL SEE...)
Oh, I can feel that distance between The man you should be And the man that you are.
I pray this letter finds you well Before it all goes to hell.
They say, this city. She's been dead for years now.
I WON'T RUN FROM THIS FIGHT!
IF YOU CAN HEAR MY VOICE OUTSIDE THESE WALLS,
IS THIS THE BEST YOU'VE GOT? IS THIS YOUR STRONGEST MACHINE?
The needle buried in the red, and soon I heard the engine whine- BUT EVERYTHING'S FINE.
Why do you cry for him? (THE FIGHT OF PROTOMAN.)
There's been blood on my hands such a very long time, Some days I look down, and I wish it were mine. But it's not.
But I could've ended the fight- Oh, I could've made everything right, but I just walked away.
I've been here before. I've stood where you stand. They called me their hero, The Hero Of Man.
I hear nothing but the static.