[ Ace would laugh if anyone said he was idealistic. As much as he cares about the world he created, he's also been the one in the past arguing that everyone's wishes, trivial or not, were valid and that the Grand Prix participants deserved to get their petty rewards for taking the risk of fighting. He was the one that wasn't above cheating and lying to get an edge, the damned fox they'd all tried to kill at one point, and being thought of as heroic would somehow feel strange.

In this moment, though, Ace is really there to offer Sync a companion to talk to and a kinder perspective. Irony knows no limits. ]

They wouldn't have it any other way. Some people find meaning in just fighting for others. Something like they're happy just to see people smile?

[ He does get a little chuckle out of actively butchering Keiwa's line, even if Keiwa isn't there to complain. ]

But you have to be careful. Those ones sound easy, but I hear they hit pretty hard.