Cyrus simply returned the glare, nothing else betraying his emotions. "Eliminate humans and the process simply begins again. Another species will evolve and take our place, and again the world will be endangered by greed and suffering. To eliminate the cause, we must cut it off at the root."

He shrugged. "In order to accomplish that, we must eliminate emotion. All suffering, all strife...the world is being ruined by it. Even now, you stand before me enraged. You would destroy it all in your wrath, but you cannot hold back the tide."

There was almost a smile on Cyrus's face, thin but recognizable, as he held out a hand. "I offer of your own will for you to aid me in accomplishing my goal. Unlike your prior master I will not demand subservience, only the recognition of our common enemy."