...no explanation necessary. possible spoilers in comments.

[desceptre]

This is good. Do you not see that, now that you've put aside your futile contention?

I'll grant you've got a strong heart. But you've wasted it on frivolous migrants and men who would only aspire to be gods. I can give you even more than adventures worth remembering.

You need only kneel.

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[sothatswhatitdoes]

[whelp look at that]

I don't know about the kneeling business. Some of us mortals have pretty bad knees, living or dead; I could pull something.

[desceptre]

A man who has already been laid low in death has no further to fall.

[sothatswhatitdoes]

True... but on the bright side, I haven't fallen further than you. [wince] Your ethereal tidy whites must be in a bunch knowing you really can't win for losing.

[desceptre]

My life is still only just beginning.

Your people let me live.

[sothatswhatitdoes]

Our heroes kept you alive. Well, mainly your brother, if I had to fathom a guess. Family ties and all.

[Ahem. He raises his eyebrows, though.]

Your life's been over the moment you decided to focus on a miserable hobby. Like I said, your conviction is particularly drab.