Rip, Per Degaton and others in “Unfinished Business”

Rip

I'm sorry.

No, you're not. You're not sorry 'cause you're not going to kill me.

Rip

I have to. To save my wife and son, I.. I have to. I don't expect you to understand.

It doesn't matter if I understand. I can see it in your eyes. You're not going to do it. You're like my father. Weak. [Rip cocks the energy pistol, but Per doesn't flinch.] Vandal Savage has taught me many things, including what a killer looks like. You're not a killer.

Rip

Your tutor has taught you well. In spite of his ill intentions.

Vandal loves me.

Rip

Oh, he wants to use you as his pawn. But ultimately, he will betray you.

No. No, he won't

Rip

I've said to myself time and time again that there is nothing that I wouldn't do to save my wife and son, but now I know that there is. My reticence to kill you, Per Degaton, is not weakness. It is goodness. And if there is a shred of goodness inside of me, then I have to believe that there is a shred of goodness inside of you. [gently] Be the man that your father wants you to be. Not the man Savage wants you to be.