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And what purpose is that?

I do not claim to know the will of the Gods or destiny.

Yet you would allow the gods to govern you. Or your precious 'destiny'.

I am not like the Hierarch. I cannot hope to hear the Gods' voices, nor do I believe myself a pious enough man to be allowed. I listen to them, because I have to believe they know what is right, because my ... compass occasionally leads me to a path of destruction.

We did all that was asked of us. How were we repaid? We were not. We were further subjected to tyranny, scrutiny, and horrors from the world. Mankind is certainly not a race to be pitied, much less by its creators.

[Tell him how you really feel, Caim.]

There is still hope in the world, Caim.

Hope is not going to guarantee you a tomorrow. It will not guarantee me one either.

Perhaps not, but it guarantees that we are willing to see that tomorrow regardless of what it may bring.

Have you considered it is our fighting spirit that keeps us toward the future and not hope?

The fighting will eventually stop, Caim, and so I have to believe it is hope.

That is a fleeting idea, a world with no fighting. That will never stop.

Why do you believe that to be so?

It is in a man's blood to fight. We fight for many reasons. Revenge is not the only reason to fight, Leonard.

Perhaps not, but I hope for a world where there is no fighting, Caim.

Then you will hope until you die.

[Again.]

Then I will hope until then, but I will not lose it.

You are a stubborn fool.

I will take that as a compliment.

A frustrating fool.

[And he's missed you. Maybe. Just. A teeny, tiny bit.]

Yes, but a fool who hopes his foolishness will lead him to a path filled with light instead of Hellfire.

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