“You should know that I didn’t try to rescue you out of the kindness of my own heart, Stubbins.”

“Honestly, I would’ve been more than happy to let Klaus turn you into his newest trained animal. It’s a fate you deserve considering all you’ve done.”

“Despite how I feel, I still attempted to rescue you. I still tried to save your ass from the masked men and got captured too.”

“Not because you’re trying to become a better person. I don’t give a shit if you’re attempting to make amends to Felix or Destructo for being a terrible friend and father.”

“It’s because you’re the OSW champion.”

“You hold a belt that means far more to me than it does you. That championship is more than just a strap; it’s vindication. It’s proof that you can take on the toughest, most sadistic people that Arcadia has to offer and emerge victorious.”

“I had to fight through blood, sweat, and tears during the Ring King tourney to get this opportunity. I fought an untold number of masked goons to free you from this cage and save my title shot from being sabotaged by the Ringmaster.“

“You, on the other hand, were willing to give it away to Nox when you discovered he planned to give your son an acid bath.”

“To me, that belt is proof that I am ready to avenge those that died at the Red Light District. To you, it’s nothing but a gold plated target on its owner’s back.”

“To me, it’s the one thing I need to prove to myself that I’m ready and able to lay Gemini to rest. To you, it might as well be a paperweight as far as you’re concerned.”

“I value that belt for what it represents. I see the deeper meaning it conveys and connect with it on a spiritual level.”

“Meanwhile, you can’t look past the surface. As such, you haven’t formed a connection to it like I have.”

“That’s what makes you unworthy of holding that strap. It’s not because you’re weak or cowardly; it’s because you don’t place the same amount of importance in it like I do.”

“One way or another, you will learn to appreciate that title like I’ve come to do. I went to lengths you could only dream of as a father and a friend for what you have.”

“I survived an explosion that wiped out hundreds of men and women for it. I lived through a civil war that you bailed from when the opportunity presented itself.”

“What can you say you’ve done for the sake of that title that you can also say for the sake of your son and best friend?”

“That’s right, you can’t say anything.”

“And when you’re laid out in the middle of that circus tent in front of all those deplorables, you still won’t say anything as I get my hand raised in victory. Then your reign, much like your soul, will end in eternal darkness.”