"Complicated, huh? Yeah, lotsa things are complicated, I get it." His voice is much kinder to Casper, though there's still an undercurrent of anger. The more and more Casper shuts down, the more and more Mario thinks of Luigi, cowering. Just because they've left the schoolyard doesn't mean there stopped being bullies.

"A place in that battle, huh? Like some kind of prophecy? I don't-a care much for prophecies." The last prophecy Mario dealt with involved his brother tangoing with a deranged clown and nearly ending the world. "I bet you can handle those Titans all on your own, without Casper. And if-a you're not powerful enough to do it alone, then surely someone else would step up. Someone who wanted to help you."