I can't make promises to keep you safe from the effects of death. Death is everywhere, it is everything, it is the only known guarantee a living thing can know. It's part of a cycle that is required to keep balance and while I am death itself, it is not a willful process.
[It's like water running in a constant circle, to stop it would be to destroy the entire flow of life. Possibly, sure, just like how he could control it and induce it at will - but that always makes issues. And yes, he's a hypocrite with Delphine which is why he says:]
I can't keep him from killing you. But I can keep you from dying, under those circumstances alone, if I'm present and able. Once. As a favor.
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I can't make promises to keep you safe from the effects of death. Death is everywhere, it is everything, it is the only known guarantee a living thing can know. It's part of a cycle that is required to keep balance and while I am death itself, it is not a willful process.
[It's like water running in a constant circle, to stop it would be to destroy the entire flow of life. Possibly, sure, just like how he could control it and induce it at will - but that always makes issues. And yes, he's a hypocrite with Delphine which is why he says:]
I can't keep him from killing you. But I can keep you from dying, under those circumstances alone, if I'm present and able. Once. As a favor.