[He'd be frowning, if he could. That is not exactly what he said. Can't help but feel as if the boy doesn't really understand.]
I think it could. Or it could-
[But how could he understand? There's no way to explain. Not to one who hasn't already risked it, who doesn't seem like the type who actually considers warnings. Is there a use in trying, again, to explain?]
[Killing all who come too near to it, he misses being able to do that. It's easier. Certainly more effective.]
-Or it could make things much worse. Not for me, but for you. In a way that's irreversible.
[The glow of it's still visible a little ways away, golden and beautiful and inviting. He stares at it. After a second, he sighs.]
You do have a choice, you know. Wander this place as we have been, search for something else. But that will take time. It's your choice, because it is your risk. But you do have a choice. So I ask you one more time: How dearly do you want to risk this?
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I think it could. Or it could-
[But how could he understand? There's no way to explain. Not to one who hasn't already risked it, who doesn't seem like the type who actually considers warnings. Is there a use in trying, again, to explain?]
[Killing all who come too near to it, he misses being able to do that. It's easier. Certainly more effective.]
-Or it could make things much worse. Not for me, but for you. In a way that's irreversible.
[The glow of it's still visible a little ways away, golden and beautiful and inviting. He stares at it. After a second, he sighs.]
You do have a choice, you know. Wander this place as we have been, search for something else. But that will take time. It's your choice, because it is your risk. But you do have a choice. So I ask you one more time: How dearly do you want to risk this?