[ They would be safe, and they would likely be happy in each other's company, but Hades also wagers they would eventually grow miserable without others like themselves. They had thrived as a community; they would wither alone. ]

This is where our people differ: there is no such thing as a 'hero' in Amaurot. We do not elevate others to pedestals as you do.

[ Reaching over, he rubs her head, fingers kneading gently over her ears. ]

And so I would exile myself and take the burden of debate off their shoulders. I would not offer them more reason to be divided.

[ He gazes at her steadily, eyes unblinking. His voice lowers. ] It is one thing to offer one's own life in service to others. It is quite another to take other's lives for your own purposes. Someday, perhaps you mortal races will come to understand the difference.