He stared at her, before bringing his hands together with a resounding smack that managed to echo in the small space. He then 'threw' his hands out, projecting his current map of the multiplanar verse. "One hundred seventy three thousand nine hundred and forty four current engagement zones with taints as bad or worse than the SMALL swarm of beyonder tainted displacer beasts that were annihilating your hunters. Nearly three hundred thousand more areas were I am currently observing taints of similar or stronger powers due to either other gods, strengths that would require purging more than 1 out of every 3 people to cleanse them, or multiple taints numbering more than 5 within 100 miles of each other as well as more than 3 similar groups on a plane. I am being overrun by taints that I either can not or will not deal with, due to various circumstances. We know of nearly a million and a half planes, and almost a third of them have enough taints that I am forced to either observe or wait for a disaster to strike before I can move in and HOPE my forces can deal with it. That your plane is approaching the status of critical taint concentration is the only reason I RISKED YOU. However, if you would rather keep hating me, I can leave and wipe my visit from everyone's memories, and just plant a few more observers on the plane to ensure the taints don't reach a concentration enough to warrant me having to purge the plane."<br/><br/>He leaned forward, as she ran into a force wall, forcing her to listen to him. "I am not asking for forgiveness, but that you, as a dragon, understand that as I am a GOD, I have obligations to ensure that any of my daughters, regardless of whether they know of me or not, have a future. I am dancing on a knife's edge between the oblivion of everything and every god dog piling into me to destroy me because I am too strong. I am a HATCHLING that is threatening great wyrm dragons. That is my situation, and I have no allies I could point to and say they will definitely support me if push became war."<br/><br/>He let his dragon form surface a bit, scales spreading across the visible flesh. "Do not judge me, Junne, because this was the ONLY way I could protect and allow all three of you to live without becoming merely pawns. If you want to become pawns, then I will pull you fully into this war, and will not let you out, but while I wanted to tell you earlier, your INNOCENCE made me hesitate."