"What power? All I want is to die with a blade in my hand or be left in peace. Yet all that seems to happen is I get dragged into one problem after another." Okay, sometimes he goes willingly, but mostly it feels like he's dragged into it.

"Look, I ain't even blaming you. I'd probably have grabbed for power when I was younger." Ignore the fact that he's in his mid twenties, but is talking like he's fifty. "I'm just saying; have you really considered the bigger picture to it all?"