Soldier Boy's face darkened. He first elbowed The Deep aside, then grabbed one of Ambrosius's tentacles and swung her in circles through the air.
Ambrosius spun around and around like a flaming wheel, so dizzy that she no longer knew which way was up.
The Deep struggled up from the ground, crying and begging for mercy the whole time, but knelt perfectly straight, not daring to interfere in the slightest.
Soldier Boy cursed, "You disgusting bastard! How dare you get snot on your grandpa Soldier Boy's foot? I'll deal with you later. Just you wait!"
The Deep cried even harder out of fright.
If he hadn't been at their mercy, he would have turned and run straight for the sea.
The Deep's crying irritated Soldier Boy and did nothing to soften his heart.
There was no other reason for it: The Deep deserved all of this!
In the original show, The Deep was a despicable little man. His name could practically serve as a definition for "bullying the weak and fearing the strong" and "self-serving."
Meeting him in person had only brought that point home to Soldier Boy.
This guy only ever picked on easy targets.
He had previously tried to force himself on the naive, inexperienced Starlight, and had also bullied Ryan when the boy was at his most vulnerable.
Either of those two incidents was enough to put The Deep behind bars.
Looking at it another way, if Soldier Boy hadn't arrived and changed Starlight's fate, there would have been one more girl in this world burdened with humiliation for the rest of her life.
Likewise, if eight-year-old Ryan hadn't been Homelander's son, he could only have swallowed the abuse, because ordinary people back then had neither the ability nor the means to demand justice from superheroes. There