"I can't believe you accepted those stupid lies," Royce said softly.
Across the deep valley, across the rushing river, and ten years apart, he and his old enemy stood on two towering peaks and stared at each other.
"Tell me!", His voice rumbled, overshadowing the rushing of the river, and pressed majestically towards the silent figure, "Tell me, what changed your point of view? Who has such a eloquent tongue that can reverse right and wrong? Twisting the facts and planting such ridiculous obsessions in your mind? Or did you discover something else? Tell me, is there some conclusive experiment that tells you that knowledge and power can be transmitted through reproduction, just like sexually transmitted diseases?"