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He loves his sister more than anything. She's the opposite of him, so she's brave, she faces her problems, and she gets into more trouble than she can handle. If he doesn't fight to save HER, he isn't going to fight to save anybody.

So he does. He's convinced (invent a way) that his sister will die if he doesn't risk his life, rebel against his own fear and find a way to rescue her.

But here's your twist: Yes, she's trapped and her danger is real. But she won't be rescued without the people she came to save. She won't give up. He forces her against her will, whisks her away, but at the first chance she's back into the fight, she is going to save her people come hell or high water.

She gets caught again. He has to make a choice, if he loves his sister, he has to help her accomplish her goal, or she is going to die trying to achieve it. He has to be the hero that works with her to achieve justice. So he saves BOTH her and the people she came to save.

And those people are grateful, they love him for rescuing them, and his sister loves him for rescuing them. That's his moment of transformation, his reward for taking the risks. Hearing about their renewed hopes and dreams, what the children will do, and he understands that is WHY his sister does what she does, she loves people and they love her back.

He knows he rescued those people out of necessity, he knows he was going to abandon them, the first time when he rescued his sister alone. She knows it. He feels guilty that they think he's a hero, but she tells him it doesn't matter, he still saved them, intentionally, so he WAS a hero.

And for her next mission, with him by her side from the start, he will have nothing to feel guilty about.

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