I’m on my fourth replay of the game during my writing break and here’s something I belatedly found really funny:
Robert does not give a fuck about his identity. Not seriously, and definitely not until he starts working for the SDN. He kept that damn robot in a public parking garage, brought a hostage to his house (even blindfolded, not the best security move), walked around with nothing but a jacket over his suit and no mask to hide his face, knows the Skittles Idiots saw his face before he put the mask on, and didn’t care about being Mecha Man the office until Blazer pointed out that it was a bad idea. AND! Depending on what route you take during the game, he also doesn’t give a fuck about telling Z-Team who he is anyway in the name of trust.
My thought process is simply that he doesn’t care about little slip-ups, because he as a person pre-game doesn’t have people to put in danger. So yeah, casual run-in with the neighbors? Whatever. Skittles Idiots? He has nothing to lose. Tell your coworkers that you’re one of the big dogs to be inspiring? Sure, why not? There are plenty of superheroes out there whose identities are better kept secrets. He’s fine.
Until he has people to lose, of course. I think that post-game, keeping a lid on who he is as a hero gets EXPONENTIALLY more important. Just in case.
It’s something I wish I’d integrated into Coma *shakes fist*