[ It makes you wonder why billions need to be erased at all when you now know that countless other worlds exist — including no shortage of alternate versions of Earth — but that sort of thing is well above Ryouma's pay grade, so there's no point in wasting more effort thinking about it.

More importantly, this world isn't even real; it's just a construct made up for a bit of show and tell. Lostbelts should indeed be erased according to the rules he's sworn to uphold, but the World needs to exist for there to be a Proper Human History in the first place, which means voting as a Meridian and not a Guardian. ]

Ah, of course. These worlds are meant to be reflective of their owners, after all.

[ So, the conflict is not unexpected. Ryouma hasn't met the Deinos yet, but he imagines they're people because animals seem like poor sport for a god, but even with that in mind, Tezca's words don't shock him. He's been talking his wife out of trying to eat people constantly for a very long time — some people eat other people, even if he personally doesn't enjoy it. ]

I think I'll pass, seeing as we're on a timer. I'd be poor company anyway; given options, conflict is never my first choice.

[ Unfortunately, despite his resistance, this war keeps pushing him towards a place where conflict seems to be the only choice. ]