Draiss listened quietly, his eyes on the crowd, politely waiting until the other had finished and then a bit longer as he considered what he said. "You are right, my ideas are... lets be honest, radical. I know I am going to scare a good number of powerful beings, some of them almost as powerful as the overdeities, just because I am an error. Which is why I chose to adopt an openly defensive and equal policy toward others.<br/><br/>And you were right about acting removes some aspect of freedom, but so does our lack of acting, because this is just a massive game of Mortality for the overdeities, and someone, somewhere is acting. What would have happened if I had not stopped<strong>her </strong>plan? She might very well be turning this plane into another abyssal plane right now, or merely striping everyone of everything to serve her. She was, as near as I can tell, within a month or two of completing the portal, probably less."<br/><br/>He didn't use her name, indicating that he knew how close the fight had been, and only the fact he had been firmly in the plane had been the reason for his victory. It was also a gesture of respect, that he knew she was his equal or possibly even superior, despite his flippant attitude and words during and after the battle. He snorted softly, before nodding to the crowd. "It is... depressing, how little freedom they really have. No matter how little or how much we interfere, they truly don't have much in the way of freedom."<br/><br/>He paused, staring at the ground, suddenly looking like the scared, nearly powerless mortal that had still managed to find his courage long enough to die trying. After a few moments, he looked back up, before turning to the avatar. "Like I told the prophet who choose me, there are no easy truths, and those that are easy are not truths, but perceptions."<br/><br/>He stared at the group before him, aware of how far away it was, even though it was a few feet physically. "I didn't ask for this, I never wanted it. But I have this power now, and do I not have a responsibility to use it, to try and help? I am not like your... main form? Core body? Well, whatever we call it, that which either sought their ascension, or was created by the worshipers' desires. I was good at killing, and now I am trying to find ways to help that don't involve massacring everything that disagrees with me. I may be a few million years early, but I will take what I have, and try to do the... well, not right thing, because that is a subjective term, but take the path that gives the most hope. I don't want to replace any one, I don't want to get these people caught up in something they can't handle. But I can't sit down and simply watch things happen, without having the urge to reach out to try and help."