Talk:Vol.2 Ch.194: 38F - Hell Train: The Dallar Show (23)/@comment-5693502-20160321051916/@comment-26484417-20160322082535

@Demotivator: So many things to address in your comment, but to sum it up, you cannot compare chances of someone whose genetic makeup is one diluted Irregular bloodline (i.e., Hoaqin) to someone whose genetic makeup is 100% Irregular combined of three distinct Irregular bloodline traits (i.e., Enne). Saying that Hoaqin has a chance because Enne did it is like saying that gold fish can climb a tree because monkey does it.

Also, for the sake of nuance, even Enne failed to surpass all her "parents"; Zahard became one of her "parents" the moment she became Zahard Princess, and she never even surpassed Koon Eduan and Arie Hon, much less Zahard himself. If we disregard Zahard's boost—yes, this means we cannot count Enne as a proved success—we can assume that basically all children of the 10GW tend surpass the considerably weaker parent (i.e., the wife / the husband / the lover), but none of them surpass the stronger parent (i.e., the 10GW or Zahard) because of the "drag factor". The only children with potential of surpassing both their parents are those whose parents are nearly equal in power, like Enne and Ha Yurin's + Ari Han's sons. Enne received the Zahard boost, so she cannot be counted, but if Ha Yurin's + Ari Han's sons surpass both their parents in power, then this theory is proven true... HOWEVER, this would still be a meaningless confirmation to the likes of Hoaqin and the countless 10GW children, whose weaker parent constitutes an enormous "drag factor" to their potential.

Also, you still view what Arie Hon said to Hoaqin as crushing his ambition, but what Arie Hon said to Hoaqin was quite literally what ultimately set him on this accursed path of soul-eating which, in turn, promised him some chance of surpassing his father one day. If he instead conveyed meaningless support (e.g., "oh that's a remarkable ambition"), Hoaqin would become just one of the countless Arie family Regulars (i.e., opposite of Irregular) under Arie Hon. What Arie Hon said to Hoaqin was like the Tower's ultimate example of "outside the box thinking"; it's quite incredible if you think about it. What other (core) proponent of the Zahard rule and might would be able to consider that anti-Zahard path may grant something the righteous and good path cannot? In fact, he chose not to lie to Hoaqin and instead open his eyes to paths that might (notice the low probability) grant him his wish.

Given the circumstances, Arie Hon managed something strangely honourable. Even when faced with this kind of dream, he didn't lie about the possibility, he didn't crush the dream, he even opened the child's eyes to the path that might lead him to achieve this dream, and—most importantly—he offered the child a choice. I don't particularly like the tone Arie Hon adopted during this monologue, but the message is quite admirable... even more so for one of the 10 Great Family heads.