Gate of Memoirs/Explosive Entrance

Riling up the man who has been itching to capture you is either the best show of confidence or the worst misstep.
Portrait 	Dialogue
Music: "Roaring Soul"	Music: "Roaring Soul"
 	
*You barely have time to react before an explosion rocks the area around you, levelling the rest of the broken pillars.
 	
*Another familiar figure emerges from the dust, his gleaming red form taking up most of your vision.
*Ultor—is he Ultor?—surveys his surroundings with the same keen-eyed look you remember him to have, 
*but when his gaze alights on you, you find no familiarity—only coldness.
*Praetor: So you show your tail at last, Tinkerer. And what's this?
 	
*You try not to flinch under his burning gaze, and remind yourself that this is a different Athensphere.
*Not the one you worked so hard to save alongside the others. Least of all how you're now on completely opposite sides.
*But you can't help but wonder if you only imagined that brief flicker in his eyes.
 	
*Azius: Praetor. Glad you could join us...
 	
*Azius: So, is Athensphere in rubble and ruins now?
*Azius: Collapsed under the weight of its own burdens?
 	
*Praetor: Silence, traitor.
*Praetor: The Archon has never been more resolute in the face of crisis.
*Praetor: I don't know how you managed to pull strings on the run.
 	
*Azius: Oh, color ME surprised.
*Azius: Is old Bluebeard finally making a move with his ships?
*Azius: Perhaps if you listened during meetings instead of ogling your supreme leader like a lovesick puppy, you'd have noticed.
 	
*Praetor: YOU—
 	
*Azius: But no, I am no traitor. And I did none of what you just accused me of.
*Azius dares to take a challenging step forward, thrusting his chin out in defiance at the taller man.
*Azius: The Archon's regime has been insidiously destroying the lives of its people and undermining its own leadership.
*Azius: Yes, the augmentations were necessary in part—I worked tirelessly to ensure our soldiers could match or exceed the prowess of our enemies.
 	
*Azius: But they grew increasingly excessive. Insane. The Archon pushed for increasing heights in military technology.
*Azius: The Admiral was far more subtle, but not to the point I could not discern his intentions when he so casually brought up the navy in my presence.
 	
*Azius: What is worse? The petty squabbles for leadership among the so-called "noble" demigods leading to a schism between once-congenial comrades?
*Azius: Or the fact that Athensphere—a people WE have pledged to protect—are now nothing more than playthings and pawns?
*Azius: Call me a traitor if you must. But I will not return.
*Azius: Both of them are monsters, and you are an ill-mannered beast of a dog.
 	
*Praetor: ENOUGH!
*Praetor: TRAITOR AZIUS! You will NOT speak another word.
*Praetor: Effective immediately you are under ARREST for treason against the Archon!
*Praetor: Resist, and face the consequences.