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wHO kNEW THE mASKED fREAK oUTSOURCED? i gUESS tHERE aRE pEOPLE oUT tHERE wHO cARE aBOUT vINCENT vARIAN. tSK tSK tSK.

bUT mAKE nO mISTAKE, IT iSN’T oVER. i’M eVOLVING. i’LL lEARN. i’LL aDAPT. IN THE eND, IT wILL aLL lEAD TO yOUR dESTRUCTION. I cAN’T dESTROY yOUR bODY, BUT i cAN dESTROY yOUR sOUL. iF IT iSN’T pESTILENCE tAKing oUT tHIS cITY AND yOUR lITTLE wONDER bOYS wITH iT, IT wILL bE wATCHING yOUR aGONY wHEN THE cITY rEALIZES tHEIR sALVATION iS tHROUGH mE. yOU wON’T bE sO sPECIAL tHEN, vARIAN. iS tHAT wHY yOU hID tHAT dOCTOR IN THE dREGS OF yOUR rESEARCH? TO pROTECT yOUR sECRET? bECAUSE THE pOWER rUNNING IN yOUR vEINS cOULD bELONG TO aNYONE? iMAGINE iT, A wHOLE cITY aBOVE dEATH AND dISEASE.

iT’S fITTING tHAT A mAN lIKE mE hAS tHIS rESPONSIBILITY hOISTED uPON mE. i mADE A cAREER OF tAKING mONEY pITS AND bUILDING pROFITS FROM tHEM. tHIS iS THE nEXT lEVEL—LIKE aSCENDING TO THE gODS OF oLYMPUS-lEVEL. i cAN bUILD A wHOLE cITY OF pEOPLE lIKE uS.

sTOP mE, AND yOU’LL bE THE mAN wHO lET pEOPLE dIE IN THE sTREETS. wHAT wILL bE yOUR lEGACY, vARIAN?