Emptiness is life without freedom, Darrow. Emptiness is living chained by fear, fear of loss, of death. I say we break those chains.
On their final night together, Darrow’s wife reveals to her oblivious husband about her intentions and plans to become a martyr for a greater cause, to push him into becoming a savior of their people. Only later will Darrow discover the emptiness and chains, the lies his people have been living in for centuries. Eo’s death is her gift to Darrow, it fuels his rage and clears his view on his mission.
The harder they die, the louder their voice, the deeper the echoes. But your wife served her purpose.
After seemingly being executed for taking down Eo’s body from the gallows, Darrow wakes up in a tunnel and soon discovers that his death was faked. His death was orchestrated to make a path for him leading to the Mars’s surface and becoming the vengeance of his people. It is a mission his wife set up for him with her sacrifice.
This is the future. It should not be this way for generations. My life is a lie.
After Darrow finally discovers the truth about Mars, shocked would be an understatement for his emotion. He realizes that his entire life has been a lie, and that the Reds’ sacrifice and suffering beneath the surface is all part of a plan to keep them as slaves, as lesser people. It has been centuries since the Mars became habitable and a thriving planet, while the Reds suffer in belief of a greater cause to make the planet an escape for sufferers from Earth in a far future.
She is what Golds can be, should be.
Darrow is conflicted about Mustang after discovering the truth about her, that she is the ArchGovernor’s daughter and Jackal’s sister. Despite that, she proves her loyalty to him by standing on his side at the end, and he sees the goodness in her, a potential of what Golds could be.
