[Jasper finds his understanding of this world changing under his feet. His grasp of governance improves by the second as he listens between the lines - learning about politics and fraught diplomacy. He doesn't feel as much interest for the people who share this earth.]

Many hands make light work. Should the danger extends to every universe, I suppose that provides a coherent argument for collaboration.

[Which is to say...]

Only friendship matters not. The monolith offers power. Each nation is certainly thinking about betraying the other.