Childish? Geode wasn't wrong. [color=violet]"While I agree toughing it out may work in the end there's something else that has been bugging me."[/color] Oz chose his words carefully. His reason screamed that Geode shouldn't be trusted. The apparition had proven it time and again. His heart, that Geode spoke so emphatically about told him to. To make the offer and learn. Foolish behavior shouldn't be the quality of the defender of the world. Nor should hesitance.

	[color=violet]"You did fail in possessing me. I couldn't let you stop me so close to our victory, to guarantee my friend's defeat. I would have rather dropped into the sea than let that happen."[/color] The choice of words was funny with their imagined location, as Oz hovered casually over the sandy floor. [color=violet]"We've partly fused haven't we? You and I share some memories, faculties and abilities. What would happen if we went all the way and neither of us dominated? If everything became one? Your knowledge and experience with my heart and drive."[/color] The thought frightened him but it also meant they would be closer to victory over the Order.

	[color=violet]"You underestimated us and confessed you'd rather be a stooge to Yzeira. Another grunt rotting in his tower. Why stoop so low after having done so much? You were so desperate and sought any escape. I'm a fool who needs wisdom. You're a hollow that needs heart. Together we'd make a more perfect being."[/color] That was what he had held back. He knew it might have been dangerous, that such a thing could lead to all the heroes losing. Yet the biggest risk was doing nothing different and falling short. [color=violet]"Together we'd win and annihilate them from our world."[/color]