I'd say that's their aim. But he was different from the others. He seemed...heartbroken that I refused him at every turn.

[He crosses his arms over his chest and recites,] 'I thought if I forged the metal myself then a new version would turn out differently. I see I was flawed from the start. A tragedy born of the stars' design. The others were right. All of you...must be reduced to ashes.'

[He straightens.] Then he came at me. He was far stronger than he had been in any of our fights before. He no longer tried to converse or convince me of anything.