"Because I am the God of Choice. And my actions should be to increase the possible number of choices made, regardless of whether they are for good or evil, chaos or order, many, few or one. I made my choice, now you get to make yours. Fate and I work at, at best, cross purposes, and if your fate was to die there, like that, then that is one more thing I need to have a talk to her about later. I gave you the ability to choose back, Varimthias, you can at least thank me for that. Then I will leave. Of course, if you would rather owe me a favor equal to your life and soul, rather than just saying thanks, I can work with that as well."<br/><br/>He gave her an impertinent grin, standing in front of her and looking up, his bronze dragon eyes meeting hers, acting like a mischievous copper dragon rather than the bronze his mother had been.