[Oh this got a lot sadder than he meant it to for a fun joke.]

The pain I feel... probably isn't anything like anyone else would for things. But I'm not really that great of a shield. I've got a lot of brothers to look after and if I just protected one, they wouldn't be able to fight back either.

Ah, I'll explain now. I'm a phoenix. My flames can't burn like Ace's, they just regenerate me. I can also fly though, and there's a few other side effects. [Like the desire to re-enact scenes from Make Way For Ducklings.]