"Oh, Cosmos, your timing perfect! What better way to get the troops to stop fighting amongst themselves than to show them the enemy?" the old god said with another cheerful laugh, bowing his head in respect to the goddess of light and order. "I hear you're bringing in a few new fighters this time. I had to replace the entire lot myself, after how Chaos obliterated the last set," he said with amusement, though it wouldn't be particularly amusing or encouraging to the warriors of Balance, even if they didn't know how there could have been warriors killed before them when the war hadn't begun yet. "I think you and Chaos will have a bit more to fear from us this time, though. I've made a strong ally in the heartless man. Chaos won't find me beaten so easily through sheer numbers again," he said enigmatically, folding his hands together. He was surprisingly open and sporting about the whole matter, even though he sought to put the cycles out of commission permanently, and there was only one way to do that...