Talk:Vol.2 Ch.194: 38F - Hell Train: The Dallar Show (23)/@comment-5693502-20160321051916/@comment-26484417-20160321103125

@Demotivator: It's exactly as Opak says; Arie Hon didn't shoot down Hoaqin, he merely made it abundantly clear that following a path that the Tower recognises as righteous or good isn't enough to surpass him.

And the point of my message was that he wasn't exaggerating. In fact, given Arie Hon's station in the Tower in terms of both political power and—more importantly—combat power, it's difficult and not exactly right to call this kind of speech arrogant, self-promoting, or egotistical. Keep in mind that even the most powerful Zahard Princess on record—whom embodied the 2nd generation power to 3 different Irregular bloodlines at once—was still ranked below Arie Hon, and probably not only because of the political score.

I'm not even sure whether to call what he did cruel or not, because Arie Hon ultimately opened Hoaqin's eyes to what must be done in order to achieve his dream. Would you rather crush Hoaqin's dream right there, or would you rather set him on an objectively gruesome path that offers a chance—tiny as it may be—of reaching his dream in exchange for his "soul" (metaphorical and possibly literal)? Some may argue that helping him forge a more realistic dream would be preferable, but would it be preferable to Hoaqin? Just a food for thought.