Think about it, Newt. [A move on the board, once again opening themselves up for a bad play for some reason.] You're told you can come here and help us make a decision for any wish in the world you want. But then it just takes one person...in this case, a ninja for some reason, to shed the first drop of blood and the whole game goes off the rails. People stop trusting each other, people start planning on how to covet those wishes, and people are left trying to figure out their own means of survival.
Some of the others are all about peace and kumbaya and whatever but that's not gonna get us everywhere. It's action versus inaction. Make sense?
[He laughs a little and then moves a knight directly into Cunning's opening, taking a bishop. May as well. If he loses his knight, so be it. A little bloodshed is necessary, as Cunning has already pointed out.]
It does, but that's the thing. I figured it was always intended to move in this direction. What's the point of assuring us our safety if it wasn't meant to be compromised temporarily? The other gods have to have seen this coming.
I dunno about that. Some of the others were pretty anti-murder from the very start. I think maybe they really thought this would work out peacefully but that's just wishful thinking.
Wishful thinking is a synonym for stupidity. There's not condoning it but accepting it as reality, and then there's naively assuming everyone will be on their best behavior in a no-limits competition.
I'll be disappointed if I don't see results. [It's a joke, but he's still watching the board before making his next move, and purposefully leaving himself open to let the game turn around.] Confidence is what a lot of you are lacking here. I'd like to see that change.
Somehow I don't doubt it. To either of those statements. [Shrug.] It's still early in the game and the stakes will change easily enough, but it's all a matter of seeing how long it takes to push people.
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Some of the others are all about peace and kumbaya and whatever but that's not gonna get us everywhere. It's action versus inaction. Make sense?
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It does, but that's the thing. I figured it was always intended to move in this direction. What's the point of assuring us our safety if it wasn't meant to be compromised temporarily? The other gods have to have seen this coming.
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[How? Just god things.]
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Well, I'll just have to make it up to you, I suppose. It'll take some doing, but I'm confident enough.
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[He's already come this far, after all.]
I can't make any promises about the rest of the crowd. I have a feeling they're not the "take action" type, for the most part.
[Newt is, though. His next move plays right into Cunning's opening. It's a bit obvious, maybe, but Newt's not one to miss out on opportunity.]
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