"And try, and fail, and try, and fail some more..."

A faint rustle of clothing, as of someone pacing in the dark. His voice moves with the sound.

"This is all I am," he says. "This is all I know. To be the scourge of kingdoms, to bring fear to the hearts of good creatures, to be hated. I would - it would be the same game on a bigger board. Do you wish that on them? Do you want to see me try to make the people of Earth very desperate to kill me?"