- Static: Mr. Hawkins, I'm glad to see you're OK.
- Robert Hawkins: You can drop the act, Virgil.
- Static: You know?
- Robert Hawkins: Wasn't hard to figure out. Why else kidnap me to get to Static? And maybe, maybe in the back of my mind, I've always known.
- Robert Hawkins: [after saving Static from a bus] That's the first time I ever had a bus try to catch me.
- Robert Hawkins: [to Static and Gear] But you were given these powers, and you'll have to decide for yourselves when to use them. For me to stop you just wouldn't be right.