Now - I've given you enough information to work with. You must do some thinking for yourself. There are a number of possibilities. First, and what some would say is most likely, I am either mistaken or have my own agenda, and Jack is the hero everyone believes him to be. If it came to a matter of my word against his, why -
[ There's no winning that game. A dark chuckle: ]
- any rational person would dismiss me. I am no hero, after all.
The second possibility is that Jack is no hero, either. Perhaps he displayed cowardice, and I'm afraid of Oz being disappointed in someone he's looked up to. Or perhaps he is the opposite of a hero, and is somehow a threat to Oz's life. Even so, death has no sting in this place. However - there are fates worse than death...
[ He trails off for a moment, his features clouded. An instant later, it's gone, and he's back to his measured, even tone. ]
A final possibility is this: if he is supposed to be a hero who saved the world, but this isn't true, that might mean he had no part in saving it; or that he was himself directly responsible for the world needing saving.
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Why indeed?
Now - I've given you enough information to work with. You must do some thinking for yourself. There are a number of possibilities. First, and what some would say is most likely, I am either mistaken or have my own agenda, and Jack is the hero everyone believes him to be. If it came to a matter of my word against his, why -
[ There's no winning that game. A dark chuckle: ]
- any rational person would dismiss me. I am no hero, after all.
The second possibility is that Jack is no hero, either. Perhaps he displayed cowardice, and I'm afraid of Oz being disappointed in someone he's looked up to. Or perhaps he is the opposite of a hero, and is somehow a threat to Oz's life. Even so, death has no sting in this place. However - there are fates worse than death...
[ He trails off for a moment, his features clouded. An instant later, it's gone, and he's back to his measured, even tone. ]
A final possibility is this: if he is supposed to be a hero who saved the world, but this isn't true, that might mean he had no part in saving it; or that he was himself directly responsible for the world needing saving.