- Big crowd, big cameras blasting his face everywhere... and the big man himself doing the big speech.
- Welcome to dear ol' padre's coronation. They're making him Mr. Fancy Pants of the Syndicate!... It's an official title.
- Look at him... revelling [sic] in the thing he does better than anybody else: Winning.
- Growing up, when he was around...
- ...It was better when he wasn't around. Pops of the year he ain't...
- But the dudes in the Syndicate believe in him, and I think he's trying. I can see it.
- So why can't Che?
- Duardo: "People of the Outlands, tonight... your voices were finally heard! You voted for change. You voted for... Duardo Silva!"
- Duardo: "And change... is what I pledge to you. No longer will there be an [sic] criminally incompetant [sic] council of fools coordinating the Syndicate."
- Duardo: "No. There will be one man - one vision - leading all of us to a safe and prosperous future."
- Duardo: "But, my friends, we cannot get there alone. We need heroes - a new arm of the Syndicate, helping to douse the fires gnashing at our doors."
- Alright Papi!
- Duardo: "And who greater... than the Frontier Corps!"
- Duardo: "Their noble work has seen great social and medical support across the Outlands... but for too long these TRUE legends have been underfunded, unable to reach their full potential."
- Duardo: "Today, that changes! As my first act as the One Voice of the Syndicate, I reveal to you--"
- Duardo: "The fully funded, rebranded SYNDICATE CORPS!" With their help, there is nowhere the Syndicate cannot reach!"
- ...Que?
- The SYNDICATE Corps?! ...You're not gonna put them in green, are you? That's sorta my thing.
- ...Also, YOU DID WHAT?!
- Oh no! He's exiting stage left - or is it my left, but stage right? I always get them wrong - I need to talk to him, NOW.
"Slow down, papi--"
- Duardo: "'Slow down'? My boy, I didn't know you knew the phrase."
"You said you were helping the Frontier Corps, not... not doing some hotdog takeover! ...Hostile takeover!"
"You can't control everything!"
- Duardo: "'Help', 'control' - these concepts are brothers, Octavio."
- Duardo: "How can we help the people we love without controlling what may harm them?"
"You've... you've given the Corps weird new logos and helmets! They look like an army! That isn't right."
- Duardo: "You've proven yourself to me, so I will not coddle you."
- Duardo: "There are those who will see what I've done to the Frontier Corps as a perversion of their mission..."
- Duardo: "But the Outlands are a complicated place, so we must make complicated choices."
"Complicated, but fair, right Pops? You'll have the Corps do good stuff, right--"
- Duardo: "You think I'll lead them? Oh no, Octavio, I'm far too busy - their new President will be an old friend. You remember--"
- Duardo: "Cherisse Che."
"No, okay, big no-- You can't-- Che's mom is-- she's, she's... that chica's not cool!"
- Oh, Che's gonna kill me...!
"..."
"...Did you play me, pops?"
- Duardo: "I would never 'play' you. We worked together for this future. Silvas, familia, forever."
"...And are you? Are you a Silva?"
"Am I?!"
- Duardo: "Octavio--"
"Che and me, we found what you stole from Olympus. Not some... some nuclear codes, not some brain-controlling serum, just a death certificate."
"Yours. Or Duardo Silva's, whoever he is. 'Cause Duardo's as dead as the Frontier Corps, and you're not."
"So who are you, 'dad'?"
"And don't you dare hide from the truth, not even I could outrun the--"
- Duardo: "Hah!"
- Duardo: "Torres Silva is the name I was born with. I always knew you were smart enough to discover the truth."
- Duardo: "When your father died, I took his name and identity, because I loved him..."
"..."
- Duardo: "Oh, my apologies-- you thought I'd string you along with mystery and intrigue? I told you, Octavio-- you've proven yourself. From me, you get only the truth."
"...my dad's dead...?"
- Duardo: "...Yes. Even with the full might of Silva Pharmaceuticals behind me, I could not..."
- Duardo: "I could not save him."
"...Who are you?"
- Duardo: "Oh, you haven't worked it out? You could say I look quite good... for a man approaching his 100th birthday."
- Duardo: "Here, help an old man with his cane. I think you'll find I have a better place for storing my stims than you..."
- Duardo: "Aaaah... much better. It's not quite the same concoction you use in your games, though I assure you it puts a spring in my step."
- Duardo: "Who am I, my boy? You can call me..."
- Duardo: "Abuelo."
"..."
- Duardo: "Don't fret, Octavio. There is so much we're going to accomplish together... all in your father's name."
- Duardo: "With you by my side, the Outlands will never be the same."
- Duardo: "To familia."
"...familia..."
- ...
- Losing the Outlands to Duardo... losing the Frontier Corps to Mother... and losing Silva...
- Some days just get worse and worse, and not even DOC has the cure.
- Sure not gonna find it in a cell block beneath Olympus, making a deal with the Devil... but it's the best I got.
"HAH!"
"I KNEW when it all went to hell, Little Miss Savior would come lookin' for me!"
"So. What are we donna do about savin' the Outlands, eh?"
"...You 'n' me, Margaret?"
"We're gonna burn it down."
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