“We have to assume he won’t,” Deadlight said, straightening with his own suit finally in place. All their voices now came in straight to her ears, distorted a little by radio. “He can ruin the lives of everypony in Equestria without violating those rules. Civilizations can rise, fall, destroy each other, and it never matters unless a few conditions are triggered. Othar and all its replacements could be rubble and still he would be free to do as he pleased.”