Saint Walker did not back down because of Cindy's lies. He had avoided everyone's eyes, secretly come to Earth alone, and gone to such trouble to find Deathstroke. How could he just leave as though he had gone to the wrong place?
Although the Blue Lantern Ring was support-oriented, that did not mean it was inferior to other Power Rings. On the contrary, it had more functions.
For example, it could amplify or weaken other colored lights and predict cosmic events to a certain extent. Those were functions other Power Rings did not possess.
However, the Blue Lantern Ring had the strictest requirements. The moment its user gave up hope, even for an instant, the ring would abandon its bearer.
Not long ago, the Blue Lantern Corps had still had a few scattered members. But when they saw the Source Wall explode and Ganthet flee with the Green Lantern Corps, every Blue Lantern member except Saint Walker was instantly filled with despair.
And their Blue Lantern Rings abandoned them without hesitation.
Any Lantern Corps warrior knew what it meant to lose both their ring and uniform in space. Extreme cold and depressurization would make them burst apart like grilled sausages, then freeze into ice pops.
Saint Walker could not save them. Without any Green Lantern members nearby, the Blue Lantern Ring had no ability to manifest constructs, because "hope that cannot carry through will ultimately come to nothing."
He could only watch his Corps members become mummified corpses in space before turning and fleeing swiftly from the void sweeping in after the Source Wall's explosion.
Yet he had not despaired. He had weathered far too many storms.
The Blue Lantern Corps had foreseen Perpetua's awakening long ago, just as they had foreseen Blackest Night.
"Blue lights shine eternal, hope never