He didn't really want to do it. He didn't really need to do it, either.
The press would have moved on. They always did. They'd moved on when he'd accidentally killed Ginger's psycho abusive husband while defending her from a murder attempt.
But part of the reason they had was because he'd turned himself into the police and answered all their questions. They police had decided to not press charges because he'd been honest and forthright, and with Ginger not willing to press charges, the press had deemed the incident an unfortunate accident that happened in the defense of an innocent.
The same principle applied here. There were some questions people deserved answered and some he was tired of having people ask him and he figured it'd be good to get it all out in the open. He knew people on Earth weren't used to some of the things he was used to. At any given time there weren't actually that many people on Earth that could go against the Silver Surfer and be able to hold their own long enough to at least avoid a one-punch KO.
"This thing on?" Nova said, tapping the mike. It immediately screeched out with feedback and he winced. "Oookay, it's on."
He squirmed slightly where he sat.
"I'm not sure if I'm doing this right but I was gonna start this with a statement and then I'm opening things up to questions. I know this is a little...unconventional. But I'm a cop. I'm not comfortable with not saying anything when people are asking for a little transparency."
He drew in a deep breath and let it out.
"To start with, a lot of people have expressed nervousness over, uh, my return to Earth and that recent article in the Planet, specifically in regards to my power levels and level of control. Worldmind is the supercomputer in my head; it's kind of an organic energy matrix that is the sum total of all the knowledge of the Xandarian people. It was on the fritz because when I first arrived to Earth I was attacked by a Starro. Worldmind was able to prevent the damn thing from controlling me but in the process, it got locked in a state of needing to reboot without being able to, which left me a little mentally off-kilter."
Time for honesty.
"I did cause some minor property damage at the 8th St. Soup Kitchen. Melted a table by accident. I've already arranged for its replacement, on that note. When I realized the risk, I moved to the park to try to find a place away from people. That's where I was confronted by the Avengers. When I told them not to engage in a park where there were civilians, and tried to fly to a more secluded area, both the Avengers and the Defenders tried to stop me."
Yes, he was throwing his teammates just slightly under a bus with that, because if he was going to criticize the Avengers for it, he had to be even-handed.
"Martian Manhunter was able to knock me unconscious with his telepathy and forcibly rebooted the Worldmind. This was not as much of a risk as Osborn made it out to be. To start with, I was mostly just having some energy bleed off - nothing explosive. I wasn't so out of it that I had no self control at all. I was also a Defender around the time the team first formed and J'onn was 100% aware of my med-profile and mental architecture, so to speak - more familiar than the Avengers would've been. He and Justice are also both powerful telekinetics so had there been any more bleed off, they would've been able to contain it."
He added, "Was it ideal? No. But people call me 'the human rocket' for a reason. If they'd engaged and tried to take me in, I probably could've gotten away and that would've been no good for anyone. J'onn knocking me out and fixing me right then and there de-escalated it."
A pause.
"Okay, so, you probably have questions. Go." One of the reporters raised a hand. "You with the hair."
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The press would have moved on. They always did. They'd moved on when he'd accidentally killed Ginger's psycho abusive husband while defending her from a murder attempt.
But part of the reason they had was because he'd turned himself into the police and answered all their questions. They police had decided to not press charges because he'd been honest and forthright, and with Ginger not willing to press charges, the press had deemed the incident an unfortunate accident that happened in the defense of an innocent.
The same principle applied here. There were some questions people deserved answered and some he was tired of having people ask him and he figured it'd be good to get it all out in the open. He knew people on Earth weren't used to some of the things he was used to. At any given time there weren't actually that many people on Earth that could go against the Silver Surfer and be able to hold their own long enough to at least avoid a one-punch KO.
"This thing on?" Nova said, tapping the mike. It immediately screeched out with feedback and he winced. "Oookay, it's on."
He squirmed slightly where he sat.
"I'm not sure if I'm doing this right but I was gonna start this with a statement and then I'm opening things up to questions. I know this is a little...unconventional. But I'm a cop. I'm not comfortable with not saying anything when people are asking for a little transparency."
He drew in a deep breath and let it out.
"To start with, a lot of people have expressed nervousness over, uh, my return to Earth and that recent article in the Planet, specifically in regards to my power levels and level of control. Worldmind is the supercomputer in my head; it's kind of an organic energy matrix that is the sum total of all the knowledge of the Xandarian people. It was on the fritz because when I first arrived to Earth I was attacked by a Starro. Worldmind was able to prevent the damn thing from controlling me but in the process, it got locked in a state of needing to reboot without being able to, which left me a little mentally off-kilter."
Time for honesty.
"I did cause some minor property damage at the 8th St. Soup Kitchen. Melted a table by accident. I've already arranged for its replacement, on that note. When I realized the risk, I moved to the park to try to find a place away from people. That's where I was confronted by the Avengers. When I told them not to engage in a park where there were civilians, and tried to fly to a more secluded area, both the Avengers and the Defenders tried to stop me."
Yes, he was throwing his teammates just slightly under a bus with that, because if he was going to criticize the Avengers for it, he had to be even-handed.
"Martian Manhunter was able to knock me unconscious with his telepathy and forcibly rebooted the Worldmind. This was not as much of a risk as Osborn made it out to be. To start with, I was mostly just having some energy bleed off - nothing explosive. I wasn't so out of it that I had no self control at all. I was also a Defender around the time the team first formed and J'onn was 100% aware of my med-profile and mental architecture, so to speak - more familiar than the Avengers would've been. He and Justice are also both powerful telekinetics so had there been any more bleed off, they would've been able to contain it."
He added, "Was it ideal? No. But people call me 'the human rocket' for a reason. If they'd engaged and tried to take me in, I probably could've gotten away and that would've been no good for anyone. J'onn knocking me out and fixing me right then and there de-escalated it."
A pause.
"Okay, so, you probably have questions. Go." One of the reporters raised a hand. "You with the hair."