You've almost got it. But whether or not we could trust humans was never my decision to make. That was the work of Maxwell, the Lord of Spirits -- and defending the schism, and by doing so upholding his will, was the role that he entrusted to me.

For however long it took, until the people outside of Rieze Maxia -- the people of Elympios -- died off entirely.

[She's still not looking down at him.]

At the time, it gave me such pride...