[Shego's quiet for a long time, staring into middle distance. She feels almost delirious with exhaustion and the adrenaline crash. The words are just kind of there.]

I got really good at running away from stuff when I was younger. My job, the team, my hometown...the whole thing started turning into this arc, this path my life was gonna follow, and it was...too much. So many people were going to depend on me, and I hadn't signed up for that level of commitment, y'know? I didn't want anybody needing me. I didn't want anybody getting the idea that I needed them.

[She chuckles harshly.]

So when I started working for Drakken I thought it'd be a stepping stone. A few weeks - couple months, max. Then I'd move on before he got any crazy ideas about relying on me. But - no. He was perfect. He was going to spend his entire life failing - he would never change and I would never feel challenged. Even when he did start relying on me, that was okay, because I never needed him. I could just...break faces for cash and run in place for as long as I wanted.