[Zetta considers this carefully, gathering together his thoughts to make a solemn pronouncement on the statement, one that will surely be remembered since it's coming from an ascended alicorn.]
That's crap!
[Zetta slaps the scroll angrily to emphasize his point.] If you're going to tell us that you've seen the future and you know what's coming, then just tell us nothing we do actually matters -- we're all dancing along with our actions written out for us already and we might as well be robots or puppets or something. That viewpoint might suit your ego, but I'm the most badass freaking Overlord in the entire cosmos! If I was at my peak, Calice would be nothing -- I'm so frickin' powerful, death itself can't touch me! I've known Oracles, and I've relied on their prophecies, and one thing I've learned for damn sure is that people have free will.
So if you're gonna say that there's going to be a moment when the risk is acceptable, then all I hear is that you're playing it safe until a moment comes along when you're certain it isn't a risk any more. That point when your power added to ours will make the win guaranteed.
[The Overlord snorts as his mana power, riled up by his anger, begins to settle down into its usual swift flow around his hooves. Irritated though he is, Zetta isn't truly mad.]
That's fine. We can get it to that point. We don't even need you in the end. But not having you will make the road longer and harder, the same as not having you now makes the road longer and harder. I would have taken the risk, but if you don't want to? We'll deal.
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That's crap!
[Zetta slaps the scroll angrily to emphasize his point.] If you're going to tell us that you've seen the future and you know what's coming, then just tell us nothing we do actually matters -- we're all dancing along with our actions written out for us already and we might as well be robots or puppets or something. That viewpoint might suit your ego, but I'm the most badass freaking Overlord in the entire cosmos! If I was at my peak, Calice would be nothing -- I'm so frickin' powerful, death itself can't touch me! I've known Oracles, and I've relied on their prophecies, and one thing I've learned for damn sure is that people have free will.
So if you're gonna say that there's going to be a moment when the risk is acceptable, then all I hear is that you're playing it safe until a moment comes along when you're certain it isn't a risk any more. That point when your power added to ours will make the win guaranteed.
[The Overlord snorts as his mana power, riled up by his anger, begins to settle down into its usual swift flow around his hooves. Irritated though he is, Zetta isn't truly mad.]
That's fine. We can get it to that point. We don't even need you in the end. But not having you will make the road longer and harder, the same as not having you now makes the road longer and harder. I would have taken the risk, but if you don't want to? We'll deal.