"Ultimately, it comes down to protecting people. All people. Even the criminals themselves. It doesn't matter if I know them, and it doesn't matter if I do. As long as they are safe and allowed to live their lives. Crimes should be punished, and if that person is a proven danger - a threat to people - then yes, take their freedom... but they still have a life to live, and one day they may change and grow and do something amazing.

"I can count the number of truly irredeemable people I've met on one hand. Super Sonic. Shadow. Sidewinder comes close... but he might have been genuinely mentally ill and can't help it."

Again, Espio shook his head.

"I'm also not a big believer in sacrifices. It's one thing to put the lives of yourself and your team on the line, but to throw people into life threatening situations they don't need to be in without giving them the choice? Children especially. That's the part that pisses people off here - the fact I don't believe in making kids suffer under the pretence of making them stronger. Because they're in this school, being trained for combat, blahblahblah. Yeah, because they totally had the ability to make an informed choice on being here, right? And they've totally reached a point in their training they're able to make a significant contribution."

He sighed. "There are people who say they get it. That they understand where I'm coming from. But all of those people... ultimately decided that I was wrong, or naive, or stupid, or all of them. People claim they support things, but their actions say otherwise."