Vanguard
Because even if some do want to save the world, there are very few who want it to change. There are only plain, hard facts. And yet, all beings who exist in this world acknowledge only those "facts" that are convenient to them, and take them to be the "truth". They do so because they know no other way of living.
In the end, we are all merely puppets, tangled in strings. A world where the wicked shall be wicked, the righteous just. The beautiful, the hideous,the strong, the frail, the fortunate, the miserable. And of course.
The victors and the defeated.
Am I simply to bend the knee at this world of falsehood? No. Unforgivable, unacceptable. I know that this body is built at your convenience. You could likely annihilate it with a single snap of your fingers if you so chose, and whatever information or stimuli this body records could very well be sent to you. It was a possibility already known, I would not have expected less, but it doesn’t matter. My destruction has already become an impossibility. You did not betray me, and I am well aware of the reason. The moment I met you, I was aware of one inescapable fact.
You will become my ally.
Vanguard took three steps, advancing with perfect ease towards Relius Clover. His body was relaxed, unburdened, unbridled. His eyes were a cold, bright glance and his calm smile conveyed a shining serenity. It was as if that man was already atop the world.
Since the beginning, no one has ever stood in the heavens. Neither you, nor me, not even God himself. But that unbearable vacancy in the throne of Heaven shall be filled. From this day forth, I will stand in heaven.
