"...Good grief. 'Everything' must mean something different to you than it does to me," he observes. "But whatever-- so you'd rather just do your own thing and those two- Malbolge, was it? And the 'Gatekeeper'? They weren't having it. Wouldn't it mean less competition for them if you dropped out of the race? Why not just get rid of you instead of forcing you back in?"

Part of him gets wanting a 'clean' win, but... This feels a little extreme, frankly.