I may have said this before but I love how Dispatch puts so much effort into showing that hero work – and by extension becoming a hero when you used to be a villain – is inherently burdensome. It hurts, it is intimidating, and it's hard. The easier choice, every time, is to do the wrong thing. It's easier for Robert to yell at Invisigal and cut her than it is to defend her. It's easier for Coupé or Sonar to go to Shroud than it is for them to be independent heros. It's easier for Invisigal to run away than it is for her to stay. It's easier for Flambae to attack Robert than it is for him to accept the information. It'd have been easier for Chase to let Invisigal die than for him to save her.
And at every point, the right choice is the costly one. Chase saves Visi on pain of his own life. Flambae separates himself and acknowledges that he'll need time to get used to the information. Coupé and Sonar both want to come back to the team after they've struggled. Robert succeeds as a mentor by defending Invisigal.
Dispatch yells at the audience that being good is costly, but no matter the cost, it's still the right thing to do.


















