BarrySo that's what we did. We didn't talk about Earth-2. We kept what happened there between the three of us and got on with our lives knowing there was nothing we could do now to stop Zoom. Instead, we tried to just adjust to our new circumstances and cope with our losses. Jay's death took its toll, left scars on all of us. Some more than others. And so to try and keep my mind off thoughts of this surreal other life I'd experienced that wasn't my own, I kept running, waiting for some other meta-human threat to rear its ugly head and distract me from the frustration I was feeling. And as fate would have it, I did not have to wait long.
Barry
[continuing the story from memory]
"But if you were a T-rex," said his mother, "how would you hug me with your tiny little arms?"
"I wish I were an Apatosaurus," said the little dinosaur, "so with my long neck, I could see high above the treetops."
"But if you were an Apatosaurus," said his mother, "how would you hear me in the treetops when I told you 'I love you'?"
"What makes you so special, little myosaur," said his mother, "isn't your ferocious teeth, or long neck, or pointy beak."
"What makes you special is out of all of the different dinosaurs in the big wide world, you have the mother who is just right for you. And who will always -- "
[Barry has just defeated Solovar in the Gorilla City arena and speaks to the gorilla assemblage.]
Barry
I won't kill him! I WON'T ! I know how you all fear humans! You think we want war with gorillakind. We don't. We're not all murderers and killers. We only want peace. Which is why I'm sparing your leader! We call it "mercy"!
[Barry's final video message to Nora]
Barry
Nora. I don't have much time. [an explosion in the background] If you're watching this, it means you're like me. You have powers. It also means I wasn't there to help you learn how to use them. I wasn't there for a lot of things. Remember, ... my sweet Nora,... always remember: I love you. And I always will.
So why come to me? Something tells me you didn't just run 600 miles to say hi to a friend.
Barry Allen
All my life I've been wanting to do more. Be more. And now I am. And the first chance I get to help someone, I screw up. I was chasing the bad guy and... and someone died.
If you really do this, you're gonna make mistakes. I've made mistakes. But the good you do will far outweigh the bad.
Barry
What if Wells is right? What if I'm not a hero. What if I'm some guy who was struck by lightning?
I don't think that bolt of lighting struck you, Barry. I think it chose you...
Barry
I'm just not sure I'm like you, Oliver. I don't know if I can be some vigilante.
You can be better. Because you can inspire people in a way that I never could. Watching over your city like a guardian angel, making a difference, saving people in a flash. Take your own advice. Wear a mask.
Barry
I wasn't the only one affected by the particle accelerator, was I?
Barry
You said the city was safe. That there was no residual danger. But that's not true. So what really happened that night?
WWells
Well, the accelerator went active. We all felt like heroes and then... it all went wrong. A dimensional barrier ruptured unleashing unknown energies into our world. Anti-matter dark energy. X-elements.
Barry
Those are all theoretical.
WWells
And how theoretical are you?
Barry
I'm dealing with a lot right now.
Look, I know you are. Believe me, I'm dealing with it, too. I've always had a very simple set of beliefs. Gravity makes things fall. Water makes things wet. And up until a few weeks ago, I believed the fastest man could run a mile in four minutes. Not four seconds.
Barry
I could do it in three. [Pause] Not relevant.
Barry
Joe, what I said to you about not being my father...
Barry, I know. I know I'm not your father.
Barry
You're right, you're not. You're just the man who kept me fed and in clothes, who sat by my bed every night until I fell asleep because I was afraid of the dark, helped me with my homework. You taught me how to drive, and shave... and you dropped me off to college. Sounds a lot like a dad to me.
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