WINK:
SUPER Speedy... that's better than just plain old Speedy, isn't it?

SS:
Yes it is, Wink. And I'll tell you why. When I'm done I'll be the BEST Speedy action figure ever brought to market, ANYWHERE. That's not just talk, that is actually my own completely focused psychological pressure on the whole entire universe, to make me the most exceptional toy I can be, and more.

WINK:
I'm not sure I understand that, but let's just say you achieve your goal, that you become a valuable Teen Titan with authentic original parts... what then?

SS:
WHAT THEN? Are you kidding? Look, these repro parts and this beater Green Arrow suit; that's not me! I have some emails in right now, serious dealers mind you, and it seriously shouldn't take me more than a year to get the creamy-minty suit. Seriously. I know I'm going to have to change hands a few times; I know that. But I'm telling you... drive like mine is the stuff it takes to turn loose parts into dreams, baby!

WINK:
Parts into Dreams... I like the sound of that! You've been photographed at the Toy Museum looking very different than you do today. You haven't been Super Speedy your whole life, have you?

SS:
No. I went to art school, I did the whole thing, you know.... but I never really connected with any of it. I mean, my original mask was long gone and I have this horrendous repaint! What else am I going to do, right?

But then I just got to thinking that maybe my rejection of commercialism and the whole anti-hero-worship thing, maybe that was all actually just this great big plea from my conflicted Inner Commodity, you know? Like, "I don't want to be your toy, man!" but also like, "Play with me! Play with me!!" You know?

Wink:
Right.

SS:
Right, so from right then I'm all thinking like, I'm going to be a Teen Titan again! And I even had a dream that I would be sold "for a cool G" ... I don't even know how much that is really, but I can tell you that if drive counts for anything, I'm already 1/4 the way there!!

WINK:
Of course you are.