The idea has occurred to him before, but never for that long. It's just not how things have gone when it comes to his own experiences.
"You have no better means than I to determine the outcome of that choice, especially when you were but a newborn in this world when you made your stand. Unaware of the events that had come before and their ramifications." Estinien genuinely doesn't know that he's right, but he's not going to accept bold conjecture stated as truth.
"You give no thought to what evils may have been averted. That further summoning may be stopped, deemed too high a risk. That others might be spared his unjustified cruelty. Not all in Thorne support his ambitions, and if we are to operate based on sheer imagination, 'tis just as likely it could have slanted the world against his efforts."
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The idea has occurred to him before, but never for that long. It's just not how things have gone when it comes to his own experiences.
"You have no better means than I to determine the outcome of that choice, especially when you were but a newborn in this world when you made your stand. Unaware of the events that had come before and their ramifications." Estinien genuinely doesn't know that he's right, but he's not going to accept bold conjecture stated as truth.
"You give no thought to what evils may have been averted. That further summoning may be stopped, deemed too high a risk. That others might be spared his unjustified cruelty. Not all in Thorne support his ambitions, and if we are to operate based on sheer imagination, 'tis just as likely it could have slanted the world against his efforts."