There is also a lot to unpack in Tony's response, but the question at the end of it makes him pause. Only for a moment, though. "I became the Flash the same reason I became a CSI. I want to help protect people. It's just who I am. When I was in prison, the thing that tormented me the most wasn't that I was alone, or scared, or hungry. It was that I couldn't help anyone. My friends, my family, the people of Central City. So I found someone to help inside the walls, someone who I knew was innocent like me, and I helped give him hope again."