I told you that I was going to try to rule over the world as a god. That wasn't something I misrepresented to you - it's what I genuinely thought until a very short while ago.
Recently, however...
[He pauses a bit, then; just...give him a moment. To breathe, and to collect his thoughts.]
Recently, it's come to my attention that I only understood part of the plan.
I know that I wanted to save the world. To...fix something that I believed was fundamentally wrong, I suppose, but also to pass judgement on humanity as a whole. To decide who deserved to live or die, based on something that would be objective at its core. Something that couldn't be swayed by the superficial charms of individuals, something that couldn't be lied to or manipulated. Something that would be an impartial judge that could decide, based on inherent traits, who deserved to survive.
[...]
I wanted to save the world by unleashing the virus that caused Excella's mutation. Those that it "chose" - those that could bond with it without dying - would be considered worthy of survival.
The casualties were projected to be massive. I didn't care.
[That's...seriously understating the severity of it, simply by merit of not stating exactly how many casualties he's talking about. But it is the basic gist.]
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I told you that I was going to try to rule over the world as a god. That wasn't something I misrepresented to you - it's what I genuinely thought until a very short while ago.
Recently, however...
[He pauses a bit, then; just...give him a moment. To breathe, and to collect his thoughts.]
Recently, it's come to my attention that I only understood part of the plan.
I know that I wanted to save the world. To...fix something that I believed was fundamentally wrong, I suppose, but also to pass judgement on humanity as a whole. To decide who deserved to live or die, based on something that would be objective at its core. Something that couldn't be swayed by the superficial charms of individuals, something that couldn't be lied to or manipulated. Something that would be an impartial judge that could decide, based on inherent traits, who deserved to survive.
[...]
I wanted to save the world by unleashing the virus that caused Excella's mutation. Those that it "chose" - those that could bond with it without dying - would be considered worthy of survival.
The casualties were projected to be massive. I didn't care.
[That's...seriously understating the severity of it, simply by merit of not stating exactly how many casualties he's talking about. But it is the basic gist.]