When Pride came back to his senses, Greed had basically resolved the issue, but he still saw the message Hal had sent.
Pride shook his head and said, "Another way to put it is that the representative of willpower in the universe is a stubborn mule. It's rare to find someone stubborn enough to outlast Batman."
"How did Hal do?"
"He isn't a qualified king," Pride said. "He isn't suited to standing at the forefront and commanding the situation. In that respect, he resembles Batman, but unlike Batman, he has the potential to wield power."
After thinking for a moment, Greed said, "That doesn't sound much like Hal Jordan. You said it yourself, he's a stubborn mule. People like that find it hard to understand tact and flexibility. And he's a kind stubborn mule, which makes it even harder for him to endure humiliation and bear heavy burdens."
Pride lightly tapped the tabletop with his fingertips and said, "That depends on whether he has sought true kindness rather than being fooled by the appearance of hypocrisy. I think he has. Although Oliver didn't persist until the end, he set an example for many people."
"I was just thinking how interesting that is." Greed took a sip of coffee and said, "Green Arrow Oliver was, by nature, sentimental. He had a romantic spirit, yet he was filled with pessimism. Someone like that could never be a qualified revolutionary. The fact that he made it this far is already surprising enough."
"And what he never expected," Pride continued, "was that the cause he completed wasn't limited to Mexico. The people truly inspired by him were both near and far from him—Bruce, Clark, Hal, Arthur, even Lex."
"They were completely different from Oliver, and even from one another, yet all of them coincidentally