[ It can't be only one man wanting to end it all. It has to be something everyone strives for, works towards, and that's never the case. There is always a reason for war, whether it is power, hatred, vengeance. Erik can't say his own hands are clean in the matter, regardless of the motives behind his own actions. ]

Suppose that's what most people in my world would call it, too. [ Maybe even Erik, who's to say. He never really gave it any thought before. But he has seen extraordinary things, so honestly— why not this? ]

Every place hides something beneath the surface, I've come to learn. I expected no less from this one.