Oh, how smart of Some Of You, to see the signs when others didn't. Share that knowledge with the class next time before we have to face an orb, then.
[ Listen, if Sabriel is going to be pedantic, then Peter is going to be sarcastic because that sort of attitude annoys him to no end. For once, he was trying to have a mature conversation. So much for that. ]
Suspecting isn't the same as knowing, and it's not enough. The orbs can grant wishes in arbitrary ways, without the orb's holder fully knowing what it all implies, as it happened in Scorpion's Bend. You said so yourself, this means the orbs know how to bend the rules and use them to their own benefit. They might find loopholes.
First, you are telling me that you firmly believe in the orb's rules that we know so far. Then, that trying to restrain the Highest One instead of outright killing him is too risky because there are many things we don't understand about the orb's powers. That's contradicting yourself, is it not? Either the rules are set in stone or they aren't, and so far it's been proved that a) we don't really know shit and b) the shit we think we do know keeps changing with every mission because no two of them are the same.
You say you want to avoid war, yet you seem very casual about aiding someone in killing a major political and religious figure because she says there's no other option, when something like that will kickstart a worldwide conflict in this planet. I'm not sure you truly understand the enormity of it. Things might not be quick, it could perhaps take days, weeks or years to get close enough to the Highest One, and in the meantime, innocent people will suffer and die. There are children in both cities too. Yes, we might not have started the conflict, but our actions help shape it as well, and we shouldn't be helping to make it worse.
You also claim that you trust Entr'i, that she wants to make this world a better place. But is that all there is to it or does she has another, perhaps more personal reason for wanting to merge Taeum and Sedorum? Gaining power, finding a loved one, avenging a wrong...? We don't really know. If she has an orb, that means she made a deal as well. Does anybody know for certain what it was?
It's exactly because we can't predict the future that we need to think properly about the decisions we take now and come up with a solution that involves fewer, ideally none, deaths. We need at least a contingency plan in case Entr'i decides to keep the orbs for herself.
[ Peter shakes his head, realizing there's little point in wasting his time with someone who believes that killing and escalating a war are the only options here. ]
You think going this route gives people the best chance to improve their world. I disagree. So you've made your point and I made mine, then.
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[ Listen, if Sabriel is going to be pedantic, then Peter is going to be sarcastic because that sort of attitude annoys him to no end. For once, he was trying to have a mature conversation. So much for that. ]
Suspecting isn't the same as knowing, and it's not enough. The orbs can grant wishes in arbitrary ways, without the orb's holder fully knowing what it all implies, as it happened in Scorpion's Bend. You said so yourself, this means the orbs know how to bend the rules and use them to their own benefit. They might find loopholes.
First, you are telling me that you firmly believe in the orb's rules that we know so far. Then, that trying to restrain the Highest One instead of outright killing him is too risky because there are many things we don't understand about the orb's powers. That's contradicting yourself, is it not? Either the rules are set in stone or they aren't, and so far it's been proved that a) we don't really know shit and b) the shit we think we do know keeps changing with every mission because no two of them are the same.
You say you want to avoid war, yet you seem very casual about aiding someone in killing a major political and religious figure because she says there's no other option, when something like that will kickstart a worldwide conflict in this planet. I'm not sure you truly understand the enormity of it. Things might not be quick, it could perhaps take days, weeks or years to get close enough to the Highest One, and in the meantime, innocent people will suffer and die. There are children in both cities too. Yes, we might not have started the conflict, but our actions help shape it as well, and we shouldn't be helping to make it worse.
You also claim that you trust Entr'i, that she wants to make this world a better place. But is that all there is to it or does she has another, perhaps more personal reason for wanting to merge Taeum and Sedorum? Gaining power, finding a loved one, avenging a wrong...? We don't really know. If she has an orb, that means she made a deal as well. Does anybody know for certain what it was?
It's exactly because we can't predict the future that we need to think properly about the decisions we take now and come up with a solution that involves fewer, ideally none, deaths. We need at least a contingency plan in case Entr'i decides to keep the orbs for herself.
[ Peter shakes his head, realizing there's little point in wasting his time with someone who believes that killing and escalating a war are the only options here. ]
You think going this route gives people the best chance to improve their world. I disagree. So you've made your point and I made mine, then.