"I exemplify you," he says flatly. He doesn't want to exemplify bloody Death.

Then he falls silent for a moment. If I win, I intend on sending you all home... It's the one thing he desperately, unequivocally wants. Just to be back in his own city, his own world. Except he can't forget that there's more than just whether or not they get to go home on the line here.

"I never asked you for power," he says. "And I sure as help ain't going to help you just because you decided to dangle a few shiny bribes in front of my face. We already do not understand the power all of you hold, and whichever one of you wins this game you're playing is going to have more. Why should I help you? Why should anyone want you to win?"