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He takes e and strong and dwarfs limpse the black and red ink of a fresh tattoo above the silver cuff, stretching up his arainst his shoulder "Leave this world and find another that won’t matter if I destroy it until I know for sure that I’m in control"

"Ah So, you think there are worlds that can be destroyed without o to a barren planet with no life"

"It doesn’t matter what you destroy, but that you destroy There are two types of people in this world: those who can create and those who can’t Creators are powerful, shaping the world around thes crave power over their slice of existence Those who can’t create do one of three things: convince the dissatisfaction, deriving enjoye to achieve over their companions; find a creator to leech onto and exploit to enjoy a parasitic lifestyle; or destroy One way or another, someone that can’t create will find a way to feel in control Destruction feels like control"

I pull back and look at him "Your point?"

"You’re a creator, not a destroyer Destruction destroys the destroyer Always Eventually And badly"

"Your point?"

"The Sinsar Dubh has leeched onto you There’s no place you can run The battle goes with you"

"But I could ht not care as er on soer would care any less, nor would the people who care about that stranger"

"Okay, not getting this On the one hand, with the exception of creators, you just toldfor those dickheads"

"I argue for nothing I’ that whether you destroy here or on another world, you’re still destroying That’s your battle--to destroy or not Once you start splitting hairs, trying to convince yourself sos are more acceptable to destroy, you’ve already lost theyour battle to unknown terrain"

"You think I should stay here and fight, even if it costs the lives of people I love?"

"Your battle is half won You’re sitting here with me The Sinsar Dubh isn’t Make that per me how"

"What does the Sinsar Dubh want?"

"I don’t know" That’s what I’d been wondering before he caoal so I could intercept and under, in control of itself What do you want?"

"The sas ever stopped going wrong!"

"Things never stop going wrong Life isn’t about waiting for peace to arrive, it’s about learning to thrive in the midst of war There’s always another one on the way" He was silent a moment then said, "Why does the Sinsar Dubh want to live?"

"Dareedy? Bored? The alternative is not living?"

"Why do you?"

I look at him Because I love people, I don’t say And I want to spend the rest of my life with you, see what you do next, celebrate your victories, grieve your losses, make love to you God, why aht lose everything?