The last time they’d met was in the cave, and Galo had apologized for assuming Burnish didn’t need to eat, for thinking they weren’t human. When Galo crashed into Lio in his rampaging, revenge-driven dragon form and trapped him inside the ship Aina was driving, Lio was very visibly thrown off guard when Galo said, “I understand how you feel. So he experienced a loss of identity and purpose. But he didn’t have a place among humans either.
He didn’t feel like he belonged with his fire alien race. But when he realized that it may have just been the will of alien creatures inside of him, he began to question himself and his actions up until then. Lio burned and fought as the Mad Burnish leader because it seemed natural to him, as natural as breathing. To burn meant to live, for him.īut the very flames that he felt were a natural and essential part of him would end up destroying the Earth, and all the people on it that he cared so much for. It just so happened that he had fire powers that spoke to him in his mind, saying that they wanted to burn. Not hurting people is what Lio is all about. He wouldn’t even kill the people who jailed him and his fellow Burnish. Remember, he cares about people, so much that he wouldn’t kill the people who lived in ignorance and prejudice towards the Burnish. But the main point here is that he’s questioning what he and the rest of Mad Burnish have been doing all this time. I’m implying the fighting for part, because he actually just trails off there. He wondered aloud, “Then what have we been (fighting for)?” When the truth that the flames were sentient aliens who had a natural inclination to burn everything and destroy the earth came out, Lio was shocked. So, early on, it’s established that Lio is someone who cares about other people - that he isn’t so bad, even if he is a terrorist group leader. They would just fight to create a safe place for the Burnish who were being captured and exploited by Kray Foresight. Lio and the Mad Burnish have a creed, that they wouldn’t kill needlessly. “All my life been hoping for a happy life for me” This was also inspired by the song Inferno from the Promare OST, so I’ve incorporated some lyrics throughout, which will explain why the song fits in so well with the movie. But by the end of the film, they find common ground and fight together. Galo’s a firefighter, tasked with putting out the Burnish’s fires and capturing them. Lio’s the leader of the terrorist group Mad Burnish. They’re opposites, practically living in separate worlds. I want to try to explain why Galo and Lio work so well together, even though Galo himself described their partnership as “oil and water.” And it’s true. I rewatched Promare recently, so I thought I’d write a piece on it.