Scott DeWar
Prof. Emeritus-Supernatural Events/Countermeasure
"Brahm, What if the Gods were behind the discovery of the knowledge, for them to warp and twist the mind of the wielder to their own liking? Wade? Thoughts?"
Ur tilts his head slightly, frowning: "We already know what's in it, Ying. As they've said," with a nod toward Wade and Darrian (and, by extension, William), "the book isn't the Power, it's a manual, blueprints on how to *use* the Power." Wade did say the power was all around them already, not locked up at all, just... ungoverned. A blink: "Or do you think they have it wrong?" He had not considered that, at all, it's true...Mei-Ying sighs. "We don't even know what's in it yet. Can we refrain from judging one another until we do?"
"So speaks the most powerful beings in Rauland," calmly points out the dwarf, lips slightly curled with the irony of it all. (King Gilgamesh would likely disagree - or at least include himself - but he is not here right now.) "We are the Barbarian Legion, Braham - warts, bulging muscles and all. You taught us, formed us *for this very moment*." *I* trust you, completely, even when you don't, said the weight of his dark eyes, simply, openly, almost scarily absolute in their quiet conviction. "Trust the strength of what you've built... at least for a little while. Corruption takes time, and when I said 'the many', I meant:" A wide, silent gestures, "the MANY. We should not shoulder the burdens of the universe alone, Braham, Tutek. *Shouldn't*." The white of his teeth minutely show in grim enjoyment, as they sometimes do in battle: "We mortals are... a gregarious people." Another quote that last, this time almost certainly from the diary of Zann. "By the time the Legion is corrupted, it will be too late.""Tutek, that is a good point. If there is disagreement among us now - to be sure, mere friendly differences of opinion - surely if we were to use the book we would all have different ideas on how to use it. With so much at stake, there would exist a temptation for the user to have his own way. Using it to protect certain people ... and to safeguard the power to continue doing so ... yes, that is how it starts. I hesitate to say it ... but I fear that one day ... this thing could tear us apart." Friend against friend. Brother against sister. The sole survivor claiming the prize. Braham shakes his head to clear the nightmare vision from it.
"Hence why hiding it again would be the best choice. I'm not a stalwart defender of status quo, but that would be the best course of action we can plan, given the information we've gathered so far." the ogre says.