"I'm not the kind of person that likes to kick someone while they're down, but I feel like I need to say this to you. You are someone I've admired since I met you. You're a hero that made yourself into who and what you are, no alien technology tossed in your lap, no reluctance--you just decided you wanted to change the world for the better and then you made yourself into someone who could. When you led the Titans, you taught me that you don't compromise on what's right. And when I first met you here, and you said I wasn't the Blue Beetle, it was like a slap to the face--because it was coming from you."

He sucks in a deep breath.

"After what happened with the Yeerk, I don't--I have no idea how to put it into words how disappointed I am."