Character

Hear me then. Not as a hero, but as simply...you.

As I learned in Ala Mhigo, you are a formidable foe.

Stronger than any I have faced. Against you, I need bring my all to bear.

I need burn through the candle of my life.

This is the sole pleasure I know, and it is the sole pleasure I have to share.

And so I come before you. To issue challenge and offer singular bliss.

If you wish to walk away, I will not stop you.

You value life. You do not burn yours save for reasons you deem worthy.

Reasons such as those which brought you here. The salvation of a world and its people. The motives of a hero true.

But there is more to you than that. You know this to be true.

As surely as you know the thrill of pushing your body and soul to their limits. Of confronting ever-mightier foes, dancing ever closer to the precipice, wondering if this will be the one to finally, finally...fill the void.

Such pleasure, you seek for their own sake, and no other reason. Is this not so...adventurer?

What will you say?
That, I can't deny <---
Think what you will. But I'm not letting you leave this place.
I've had enough of you. It ends here.