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Messages - Xantalos

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6571
That's not how Spiral power works.

6572
I love being a terrible person in these types of things.

6573
I'm every bit as human as you are! Sure, I may not have a body but my spirit isn't too dissimilar to yours - we both have a fighting spirit, people we've hated, people we've loved, and we both have Spiral power. If I didn't then I wouldn't truly be human, only a pale imitation.
I don't think too much about why I fight for humanity, though. If I considered that, I'd question the things I've done, the things I've yet to do, and wonder if they were all worth it. I can't let myself think like that - I've come too far to doubt my path.

6574
Of course I am! A monster on humanity's side, but a monster.

6575
Theoretically the best way to forestall the Spiral Nemesis would be to wipe out all other Spiral life forms, seal away our populace so they can't generate any Spiral energy, and keep watch to make sure no one uses Spiral pow-wait a minute that's what the Anti-Spirals did.

6576
And there are other Spiral civilizations out there, correct?

6577
Yes. The lie would become truth in the end, because war makes monsters out of all participants.

6578
Now the other unpleasant bit of having a warmongering racist ghost on your team comes to light? Have problem? Start war.
Funny bit is he's right.

6579
Have you never been in a war with Spirals before? We don't buckle our society, we reshape it, into a burning  spear that blazes past all opposition! How do you think they got into power? he asks, indicating Leeron and Rossiu. They were part of the revolution that brought down Lordgeonome and the Anti-Spiral. Thus they were elevated into power. We aren't crushed by war, far from it. We thrive on a fight.

6580
That's not exactly a bad thing, we just need to devote some of it to stopping the Spiral Nemesis.
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Actually, I remember it more now. Nemesis was the result of creating so much extra matter with Spiral power that the universe collapsed into a black hole. All we need to do is permanently destroy a sufficient amount of matter proportional to the rate at which new matter is being created.

6581
"Also, the LAST time someone attempted to use so much Spiral Energy in such a protracted conflict, it collapsed a pocket universe in an explosion that was visible from Earth."
I know, I was watching. That was with the death of the Anti-Spiral that it exploded. Point being, the only way to get anything done is to get in a big ol' fight. Ao, I didn't fight for anything but war itself. I fight to fight. Look, if we make it a defensive war, manipulate another nation to attack us first, would you feel better about it? It's the only way to release the buildup of Spiral energy. It's happening now that there's no big fight going on, so it must be building up in people somehow.

6582
".....and you hadn't considered that the collective power of BOTH sides would in fact accumulate and bring Spiral Nemesis faster than if we were simply in peacetime?"
That's if we harness the collective the wrong way.

((Gotta go now sorry))

6583
Tömas sighs. Must he teach basic logic-kicking to these younglings?

Best way to kick logic to the curb is to use spiral power. Best way to use spiral power is in a fight. Best way to get a lot of fights going on at once is a war. If the other side uses Spiral power, even better, more to harness!

6584
I just told you the solution, start a war!

6585
There, they get it! And the best way to generate massive amounts of Spiral power in your populace quickly is with a war and lots and lots of propaganda. What's the closest nonhuman polity? The closer in military strength to us the better.

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