The stone did it again.
It's the same message over and over - unite myself with space and become powerful. It's actually getting too annoying than it is helpful. I've managed to resist that grasping urge this odd voice keeps on pulling me to, but what happens when I can no longer hold on tight enough to withstand its thrall on me? What then? Am I just going to gain this strength, or is there something more?
"Aren't you unsatisfied with yourself? Don't you want to grow?"
Yeah, I do want to grow, but not with some dumb rock putting thoughts in my head. I don't want to be reliant over something that could turn against me at any moment. Why do you think I'm refusing this offer?
And, I admit I'm not satisfied with what I got right now, but it's what I have. I'm in charge of something greater, and if I'm not there to oversee the progress, then it'll all fall down! That something greater? It overpowers what empty promise this stone has to offer.
"Haven't you had enough of those trying to put you down? Isn't it that you want to be the best?"
They're not putting me down, it's more like they're showing how inferior they are compared to me by pulling me down with them. It's the most embarassing thing they could ever do, you know. Also, how can a stone make me even more better than I already was before? That's like adding none to infinity! Try again, voice.
"Isn't your desire to become the only important person in existence?"
We've been over this discussion, but I might as well repeat it: I. Don't. Need. A. Rock. If you're going to be useful, you might as well give me answers that aren't just forcing me to join your twisted cult. Or maybe that's the only thing you'll ever respond to me with?
"You think you're so smart. I know you're weak and feeble behind that barrier. Constantly thirsting for attention, yet so full of yourself."
I know you're doing this just to mock me, knowing that you'll use the flaws I supress to try and blackmail me into finally caving in and join you.
Know this: There is nothing I hate the most than those who think they can just force obedience like that with the overused hat trick of mind manipulation. If you want something done right, you'll just have to do it the old fashioned way, right? It's something I know, and something you'll never be able to emulate.
So what will it be? Will you admit defeat, or are you going to pathetically push yourself to your limits until I cave in to your needs?