Random drabble. This came to mind while I was trying to think of something to write for Valentine's Day.
I give you:
In Which a Dark Lord Ponders the Futility of Talking to Heroes...
"If you're that powerful why don't you attack your neighbors and expand your realm?"
"I take what I can hold."
"Liar! You're a lord of one a Dark Realm. Your kind are inherently greedy."
"Are we inherently stupid?"
"What?"
"Are we inherently stupid? If I take that which I cannot hold, it will be lost, and the effort spent taking it will be wasted."
"And you don't want to waste effort?"
"I view waste as a weakness."
"A weakness?"
"Strength used intelligently is worth more than strength used wastefully."
"So you're lazy then?"
"Why do you insist on ascribing my actions to faults rather than virtues?"
"You're lord of a Dark Realm."
I give you:
In Which a Dark Lord Ponders the Futility of Talking to Heroes...
"If you're that powerful why don't you attack your neighbors and expand your realm?"
"I take what I can hold."
"Liar! You're a lord of one a Dark Realm. Your kind are inherently greedy."
"Are we inherently stupid?"
"What?"
"Are we inherently stupid? If I take that which I cannot hold, it will be lost, and the effort spent taking it will be wasted."
"And you don't want to waste effort?"
"I view waste as a weakness."
"A weakness?"
"Strength used intelligently is worth more than strength used wastefully."
"So you're lazy then?"
"Why do you insist on ascribing my actions to faults rather than virtues?"
"You're lord of a Dark Realm."