You're fading in to a brighter day than you've seen in a long while. It feels like a white spring, as the ice and snow are starting to melt and the green becomes more prominent in view. A time of rebirth and renewal, and you can read as much into that as you need to.

He's wearing a wool pea coat and walking slowly along the path. Its a refreshing chill that compliments his own.

"I talk a lot about the hypocrisy and the double standards the talent here has set for itself. Some people say I'm reaching or repeating myself, but any lack of ability to process an elementary level of logic doesn't speak negatively about me. We've been over this. Down this road time and again. Maybe I curse too fucking much. Maybe its actually knowing the definition of the words I speak and how to make them flow. Or maybe, just maybe, its the parts of this business and community that I'm willing to admit to myself that everyone else wants to remain in darkness. Maybe you just can't see it. Maybe you don't want to."

"I force some pretty harsh truths and realities, and sometimes it can be hard to swallow, I know. But gentleness isn't my strong point, right? I'm doing here what no one else is willing to do. Keep things interesting, and keep people guessing. Since back when it was just myself and a portly trucker. I've never once backed away or backed down, even when I could easily foresee what was coming my way."

"And I've never been wrong."

"That's very important to realize, Tommy. You should be happy if I put words in your mouth, because then you're facing really strong odds that your witless banter would actually make sense. I mean you had some good, strong lines there..."

- You can keep on trying to project what my goals and actions should be...

- You might believe you will get a feel for my line of thinking...

- Really all you're doing is wasting your time...

"These flow well together and really get your point across with that same matter-of-factness you've always had. The only real problem? These aren't matters of fact. They follow from an assumption, that any time in our weeks of discussion I've put your words in your mouth and justified a claim without objective reasoning backing me up. But you didn't really cite any references, did you, Tommy? I know, I know. This is wrestling, right? These words don't matter, and why should you put so much time into it?"

"How about self-respect? I do put in the time and the effort. Into my words, into my actions - and also in the ring. That makes me well-versed and versatile. It makes me stand out in the crowd, but most of all it makes me prepared and speaks of the kind of athlete I am. Do I think this will translate into keeping my title? Yes, I do. Because as much as you claim to know how this sport works? I actually do."

"For instance, I've never said that the LWF World title is more prestigious than the one I'm holding. If you'd listened to anything on the air recently, you know my opinion of that piece of tin and how badly Seldon has run it into the ground. I said so in my last cut. What I've been trying to convey to you is this. You held the T.V. belt for four years, or whatever. What did you do for it? How many main event super-stars wanted a piece of your gold? How many times in at least three of those four years did you actually defend the thing? I've been champion for almost two months. I've made this belt sought-after and desired. People don't speak of the AOWF I.C. or even of wanting to reinstate the World, they lust after the gold that I'm wearing. And just as soon as I take that piece of tin from its worthless champion, they'll have a new object of affection. Because it doesn't matter what you put around my waist, my attitude and my presence command that championship zeal."

"All these words, and yet its so simple to understand. Rather than taking a higher-tier belt and making it count towards something greater, you want to get right back into your "comfort zone" with this lower belt and degrade it back down to where it was before I came into the picture. And you can talk about its lineage and who it represents, but how many people here right now even give a shit about names like Dusty, Blade and The Man? This is a new generation and all you want to do is get complacent and back down. It doesn't matter what I think? This match is nothing special? Why should it matter which belt is prestigious? These aren't the words of a champion... they're the words of a petulant child who wants his "security blanket" back."

"Because that's what this is to you, isn't it? You really are oblivious. Because this title isn't my only claim to fame. Its my first of many. You've had almost a decade's worth of a career, and this title is all you can come back to. The one thing that makes you feel like you've accomplished something - basically, its your only claim to fame. And when you total up the amount of time we've both been in the ring, that makes you look a lot more pathetic doesn't it? Tommy Riley. Third generation superstar, is it? Let me tell you something here... being the third person in a family to wrestle does not in any way translate into a comprehensive understanding of this business. All it means is that your Father and Grandfather were probably dumb as fuck, too. The way you toss around the word "ignorance", you would assume that you'd have some understanding of it. Instead, its just irony every time you use that word."

"You asked me a question, and I'll answer it plain as day. Why were you added to this main event? It could be a couple of things. Maybe the board is anticipating Joe Boxer will get "stuck in customs" again and be unavailable. Maybe its because they realized that four was an "overrated number" and wanted to be ironic. Its possible they were just feeling generous in giving me two opportunities to humiliate you in less than a month. But really its the one thing that's been in everyone's face since this federation ever came into existence."

"The Charms have an agenda. They always have, and always will. You're just another part of that, and at the rate you're going, you will never be any more."

There are voices in the background - children taking it all in. Living life as much as they can even in these trying times.

"Complacency is a dangerous thing to indulge in. Especially when I'm... well, you guys get the point now, right? Over a week of silence and then I break it - and all of a sudden my opponents are lively and energetic on these airwaves. They said some words - a lot of rehash that they backed up even less than Riley did. And I know exactly what I'm going to say in retort, and what's better? Is I'll be just as right as I've ever been. So since I'm the one dictating the pace of not only this match, but of the entire federation, let's just leave it at this right here for now. I'm going to keep doing what I've been doing. Exposing the ignorance, the hypocrisy and the complacency. Whatever, these are just words, right? They don't translate into the ring at all?"

"Beg me not to tear down the fourth wall, or shut your fucking mouths once and for all. I have no problem exposing each and every one of your for the frauds you are, and the rhetorical raping I gave Tommy-boy is nothing compared to what I have in store for this cage match. Five competitors - all eyes on me."

You try to turn away, but you can't. All you can do is fade to black.