"What can I say to you? I remember how it felt to take that throne. All that it meant. And all that it did not. A god of war... a god of pain. Of suffering. Of destruction. The Norns said I chase a redemption that I know I can never deserve. What does that make me? God of fools! A god of... [long, reflective Beat...] Hope. 'When all else is lost...' You lost everything. And everyone. And you became... There is no forgiving you. You chose! ...I... chose. What now? Should I, this same man, should I sit? Take? Proclaim? Lead? Place myself in service? In... service... Should I... lose everything and everyone... will there still be enough left inside so that I do not become you? I do not know. But I have hope. You are cruel, and arrogant, and selfish. But you are more than that. You have always been more than what others saw. You are more than that.