"Like I said you wouldn't be saving the world. The world is perfectly safe and will remain so a good long while. No, its more appropriate to say you're needed to save the people of this world." Reaching inside his cloak the stranger pulls out a hunk of raw diamond bigger than his fist. Putting the gem in the middle of the table he taps it with one claw. "You don't have to decide straight away. Take this as a token of my sincerity, but I must insist you come with me for the next two days."