The times have destroyed my peace, so I’ll set this turbulent age straight. I’ll make sense of everything that defies reason. If no one can root out the parasites of this era, then I will. What’s wrong with becoming a trendsetter and riding the tides of the times?
If your justice is tainted, what’s wrong with letting me cleanse it? If you know that what you defend is not justice, but the shackles of a blight, then what’s wrong with letting me break those shackles for you?
Bloodshed and war are only the pangs of childbirth. Once it is all over, we will welcome a new world.
Before I knew it, I had taken the lead over everyone. Yet not one person could stand above me.
From the sayings of a certain illusionist
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