Brightness is all around them; brightness is in his voice now as well, the hard shining light of sharp slicing steel as he says,
"War is coming. That cannot be changed; in fact, it has already begun. If it grinds onward, slowly, then by the time it ends, there may well be nothing of humanity left upon the face of this dead world but ash and bone."
Cold certainty rings in each word, not unlike the tolling of a death knell.
"But it doesn't have to end like that. Not if it ends quickly."
His gaze meets Andrew's, locks and holds.
"That which called itself the First Evil sought to deceive and manipulate you, to use you unknowing. I offer you a choice, and a place beside me where with your talents you can do that which no other can. Help me end this war, Andrew. Before it's too late."
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Brightness is all around them; brightness is in his voice now as well, the hard shining light of sharp slicing steel as he says,
"War is coming. That cannot be changed; in fact, it has already begun. If it grinds onward, slowly, then by the time it ends, there may well be nothing of humanity left upon the face of this dead world but ash and bone."
Cold certainty rings in each word, not unlike the tolling of a death knell.
"But it doesn't have to end like that. Not if it ends quickly."
His gaze meets Andrew's, locks and holds.
"That which called itself the First Evil sought to deceive and manipulate you, to use you unknowing. I offer you a choice, and a place beside me where with your talents you can do that which no other can. Help me end this war, Andrew. Before it's too late."