From the Utopian's perspective, that fear was out of character for someone who had been a hero for a while. So, Ut. now thinks there must have been more to it than overwhelming panic. On the flip side, someone might be brave enough to stare down the barrel of a gun dozens of times, and yet be rendered helpless with some phobia like water or cats or elevators.
So they where childhood friends?
Indeed they were.
I thought it was just pure fear that made him run like mad. Everyone is human, it happens now and then. Bummer for Joe is that a lot of people died.
From the Utopian's perspective, that fear was out of character for someone who had been a hero for a while. So, Ut. now thinks there must have been more to it than overwhelming panic. On the flip side, someone might be brave enough to stare down the barrel of a gun dozens of times, and yet be rendered helpless with some phobia like water or cats or elevators.
His just happens to be gigantic hell-beasts?
Maybe it's giant fedora hats? Seriously, this will play out in the story.
Can you blame him though? A 20 story psycho was wasting every meta that got near him. I'd probably have freaked as well.